Scar Tissue

You are awoken by your mother.

"Oh shit, did I miss the bus?" You ask your mom as you get up and gather your things. You're surprised your alarm didn't wake you. Your mother laughs and places her hands on your shoulders, calming you.

"Relax sweetheart, I turned off your alarm so you could sleep in. We're going to the treatment center, remember?" She says, reminding you of the days plans.

"Mom I'm fine. I don't bucking need to go, okay?! I'm fine!" You respond, angrily.

"Sweetie, you do drugs, no good pony, no healthy pony, does drugs. Besides, I've known about Blazer and what you two do for two months now. I've had my doubts but you've just proven them." She says with an 'I know all your secrets' kind of look.

"Buck, well maybe this can help me." You lie, deceiving your mother.

"I'm glad we agree. Now here's what I found out about the place from their website. It's a residential treatment center, or long-term facility. There's visitations but since we live about 4 hours away from the facility I can only visit once every two weeks. I would have sent you to a short-term facility but those are for people in extreme need, or people that have just attempted suicide. You are allowed to bring personal items, like MP3's or books or cards. So let's get you packed and lets go get you there. I called ahead and made sure they had extra space." You mother says, explaining things to you. She hands you a duffel bag and you head into your room.

you go into your closet and pack your MP3 player and the charger, your copy of 'Battle Royale', some shirts and some jeans, a thong and some panties, an extra sweater, a copy of 'Going Bovine', and a notebook to draw in. You zip up the bag and drag it back to your mom.

"Okay, I'm ready to go, just don't get mad when I say I told you so." You say. Your mother wraps her arms around you in embrace. you push her away, denying it.

"Let's just go mom. I want to leave! You yell. Your mother nods solemnly and you both head to the train station.

You get on the train with your mother and sit down in your seat, getting comfortable.

There are two other ponies in the car with you. One is an alicorn and the other a unicorn. You are surprised because the only alicorns you know of are Princess Celestia, Cadence, and Luna. You're amazed by both of their beauty, although the unicorn seems to radiate it. The alicorn is purple pony with a six pointed star as a cutie-mark and the unicorn is white with luscious purple hair and a bedazzling dress on. You decide to listen in on their conversation.

"But rarity what if-" The alicorn says.

"Stop worrying twilight," The unicorn says, cutting her off. "Everything will go fine, besides you're a princess now so you need to relax and show grace."

You stop eavesdropping. A princess huh? Bullshit you thought to yourself, quietly chuckling. You look to your right and see your mother. She is reading a book she brought. You plug in your head phones and pull your hoodie over your head. You play the music on shuffle and it goes to the song. That song. The song you were listening to when you got those horrible news...

You're in your room, ear-phones in your ears. It's 3 years ago. The song playing is 'What it's like' By Everlost. You hear a knock at the front door and you pull an ear-phone out of one ear and trot to the door, opening it. There is a policepony standing there.

"Hello, is your mother home?" He asks, a grave tone in his voice.

"No, she's at work. Is everything okay?" You ask, getting nervous.

"No, I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your father is dead." He says, taking off his hat. You laugh sarcastically.

"That's not funny, I asked what's wrong, you shouldn't joke like that." He shakes his head sadly.

"I'm afraid this is no joke, I can take you to the hospital to see him, but it's not pretty." You drop your MP3 in shock, finally grasping the truth.

The train comes to a stop, jerking you away from your thoughts.

You look up and lock eyes with your mother, she and you both grab your things and step off the train. You've never been here or heard of this place, but the sign says Welcome to San Marcos. The alicorn and unicorn stay on the train and you watch as it chugs away. You wonder if they're a couple. You grab your duffel bag and follow your mother to a bus. You get on the bus with her and sit down as she pays the fee. Your mother sits down besides you and gets out her book. You start to feel depressed and get the urge to cut.

Shit I don't have any sharp objects with me you thought as you pat your pockets. Wait, what's this? you think when you check your pocket and find your lighter.

"Score!" You say under your breath. You take the lighter and ignite the lighter under your hand, heating it. The pain sends shivers down your spine and you gasp softly. Your mother glances at you and, not seeing anything, returns to her book. You continue burning your hand until the pain becomes too much, which it rarely does, and pull away the lighter, allowing your hand to cool. You sigh and put the lighter back in your pocket. The bus comes to a stop at a sports stadium, although you don't know which is sport it is. You and your mother both get off and walk across the street.

Your mother hails a taxi and you get in the taxi and your mother tells him to go up some hills in a very forested area. you see a red roof at the top of the hill but you can't make out the rest of the building. The driver nods his head and begins the drive which, as you find out, is extremely steep. You look at all the buildings, most of which are on stilts due to the angle of the hills.

There are a couple of stone 'houses' with red roofs which is what you guess you saw earlier.

You arrive at the top of the hill at an office. You exit the taxi and your mother pays the driver. You look around at your surroundings. There's a sign that says San Marcos: Celebrating 70 Years. You look to your right and see a huge rock climbing wall and ropes course.

"Holy buck this place is amazing!" You say in amazement. Your mother chuckles behind you.

"I'm glad you like it. It looked nice on their website." She says. You both go into the office and go to the front desk. Sitting there is a Pegasus with a t-shirt on that says donate. You look around and see a glass shelf filled with stuffed animals and creatures. Your mom walks to the front desk and asks about the extra space they had for you, then she starts signing a bunch of papers and filling out forms. you wait around for 30 minutes while she does this, listening to your MP3. When your mother is finished and hands the Pegasus the papers, the Pegasus sends you both into a waiting room to meet the nurse and therapist so they can ask you some final questions and fully get to know your situation. The Pegasus smiles and closes the door and your mother continues reading her book while you listen to your music.

A Stallion walks in and closes the door behind him. "Hello I'm Mr. Garza and I'll be your therapist. You must be Ms. Blossom, am I correct?" He says with a silly smile. Your mother nods and shakes hands with him.

"Yes that's correct, and this is my daughter, Cherry Blossom." Your mother says, directing his attention towards you.

"Uh, Hi." You say awkwardly. This is gonna be interesting You thought as you shake his hand.

"So what are you here for?" He asks.

"Well my daughter unfortunately has taken it upon herself to cut and do drugs." Your mother says as though she knows all your problems. Bitch you think.

"I see, Cherry Blossom, do you know where you are?" He asks you.

"Uh, kinda. San Marcos right?" You ask.

"Okay then, and why do you cut?"

"None of your business." Your mother snorts, holding back an angry retort.

"Okay, we can discuss that more later in therapy. The nurses are all currently on duty at the moment but once you meet them we can discuss more about your treatment plan then and about how long you might stay here." He says, jotting some notes down.

"Hopefully not too long." You say rudely.

"Indeed. Now if you could follow me, I will take you to your house. If you wish to say your goodbyes you may." The stallion says, getting up. Your mother gets up and walks over to you and hugs you and you hug her back, realizing that this is really happening.

Well, here goes nothing You think as you are led out of the office and down a walkway. you walk down some stairs, following the stallion and he leads you to a big building with large windows. It's a gym.

"Here is the group of ponies that you'll be staying with." The stallion says as he opens the door. You walk in and see all the ponies staying here.

Well this is gonna be fun you thought to yourself as you walk slowly up to everypony.