//------------------------------// // Scars // Story: To Find Home // by Selena Quintanilla //------------------------------// Ahhhh!!!!! *Ssshh* .... What ah waste!! Yah vile being, how dare yah return. Worthless, piece ah shit. Ple-ase m-mah eye, arrghhh!!! Damn Silence!!!! *SSSSSSSHH* ____________________________________________________________________________ Zecarius had multiple strands of sweat running down his forehead as he lay atop the counter in the center of his hospital room. He was shivering frantically from the sight he saw in the mirror. He couldn't recognize his own face from the incredibly noticeable scar that ran across his entire left-eye. Zecarius was utterly petrified and he was unable to move a single muscle. Until a nurse rushed into the room to see who was screaming. " Mr. Zecarius!," the white coated mare said, " are you ok!?" The mare seemed to have lost her breath from sprinting to the room. Her cap was hanging loosely from her blood red mane. She seemed genuinely freaked about the commotion she heard. Slightly Zecarius faced the nurse, he looked on the verge of crying and he certainly wouldn't be against doing so. His lips shivered from trying to speak, but he words couldn't come out correctly. Ultimately he was defeated and he placed his hooves to his temple and cried. Regardless if he was crying in front of a mare, it didn't matter, he had enough and he felt broken. The mare swooped down and cradled the zebra, who was clearly in a tramatized state. She doesn't know how he got bruised and hurt. Although, it left an excruciating mark on his mental health. Gingerly she caressed his back. " There-there, it's gonna be alright, I'am here to help." "Please let me help you into bed, in all honesty you need rest," the nurse said reassuringly. Zecarius raised his head from his hooves and nodded. Both made their way to the hospital bed, Zecarius was assisted and tucked in comfortably by the nuturing staff member. "There we are, all comfortable?" The nurse asked making sure Zecarius didn't need anything else. Zecarius nodded his head once again, and out of politeness he thanked her. "Thank ya... Ummm.. Ms. ?" " Red heart!" " My name is Ms. Red heart and thank you kindly, I'm just doing my job," Red heart beamed. Zecarius smiled back, he now felt content from having someone who could personally make sure he returned to prim condition. " Thank yah Ms. Red heart, sorry for scaring ya, ah just got surprised at how ah look is all." Zecarius said, but even he knew he wouldn't be able to fool Red heart. Nurse Red heart looked at Zecarius with an all too knowing face. Even she wouldn't be that gullible to fall ignorant to somepon.. er zebra's pain. She lay on the right side of the bed-post, taking Zecarius's right hoof. "Mr.Zecarius... I ah, don't mean to sound pushy, but if you need to talk about anything, perhaps I could lend an ear, or any other staff member." Red heart was worried about what was troubling the zebra, but even she knew it wasn't her place to ask. Zecarius looked away from the mare, and he tried not to be rude as to tell her he wasn't interested in talking about his past. " Umm... Ms. Red heart, thank yah, for yah concern but ah don't exactly feel comfortable about speaking off mah troubles." "But, please don't take it da wrong way." Zecarius replied with a comfortable posture. Nurse Red heart sighed and propped herself to her hooves. "Alright, I understand, I shouldn't have asked either way. However, if there is anything else don't be afraid to ask," Red heart grinned with a class A smile. " Ah will, an' oh, could yah please open da window?" "Of course," Red heart said lightly, making her way towards the blinds and unlatching the window. A fresh breeze entered the room, cooling the temperature and a fresh scent of flowers. The Sun's haze, provided by your's truly, engulfed the room in an orange and yellow hue. Zecarius looked in awe, because he had never witnessed such exquisite beauty. " There, now I best be going, but if you need anything feel free to ring the bell on the left." Zecarius looked over to his left and surely enough near the table stand there was a miniature golden bell, with a strand of string with a metal plate was attached to the bell's base. Zecarius glanced back to Nurse Red heart and thanked her once more, for he wouldn't be seeing her in a long while. Red heart said goodbye and excused herself out. Zecarius sighed heavily, finally alone to think and ponder what had just happened. He felt a great feeling of gratitude towards the mare for trying to help. Although, he just didn't want to remember what transpired in his life mere weeks ago. He rubbed his eyes from any last tears, and quietly he rested his head back on the pillow. He sobbed himself to sleep, still being able to feel the gruesome scar he would have to live forever.