//------------------------------// // Day 2 // Story: Padded Walls and Smiling Faces // by Blake Winter //------------------------------// I awoke to hear another patient screaming. I assumed it was No.15, my next door neighbor. It was definitely a male, maybe a bit girly but that's not really important. I sighed and rolled out of bed. I was met with the soft floor sadly, I was hoping I would fall into a deep well and break free from my pitiful body. I took to rolling around on the floor as a means of excitement. That went as well as you would expect. Not too much longer I heard the door open. It wasn't Doctor Redheart, though, it was somepony else. The 'somepony else' was a stallion, average build, pink coat, red mane. The only thing that caught my eye was his cutie mark, a Pocket Watch. Okay? He cleared his throat and look at me. "This is Scarlet Crescent correct?" "Yes....." I rose to my haunches and tilted my head. "Ah! Good, now, my name is Sych Ology. I will be your therapist for the remainder of your stay here." Doctor Redheart came into my room and helped me onto a wheelchair and took me to a room on the other side of the Hospital. I was put onto a comfy couch-thing in front of an armchair in which Sych Ology sat down in. Redheart left me and the 'therapist' alone. "So, Miss Crescent, let's begin. What is your full name?" "Scarlet Dawn Crescent" "Birthdate?" He scribbled on a notepad. "December 9th." "What is your age?" He wrote that down too. "24." "Mmhmm, Okay, we will now continue with a couple personal questions." He flipped the notepad to a new page and looked back at me. "Did you have anything thing bad happen in your foalhood?" "Nope, regular ol' story. Mom was nice, Dad worked too much, Grandparents spoiled me, etc." He nodded. "Any friends?" "Well, there's Fluttershy." He nodded "And Rainbow Dash, Ditzy Doo, Spitfire, a few others I can't be bothered to remember at the moment." He scribbled on his notepad. "So you were very social?" I nodded. "Okay. So, when did the strange activity begin?" I thought for a moment, legitimately forgetting when Dusk went a bit...strange. "Um.....around when I turned 16, I think? Something like that. At first I thought it was just Dusk adapting to my age. Turns out he was seriously looney. He started to have an effect on me and well...you can see what happened." I chuckled, Dusk sat on the couch next to me. "Hello Dusk." Sych looked around, trying to find something. "Er, Dusk?" "Yes. He's right here." I pointed to the spot where Dusk was. Ology raised an eyebrow. "Uh, no he's not." "You sure?" "Y-yes, very sure." He let out a nervous chuckle. Dusk smiled wide, baring his sharp toothed grin. I couldn't help but grin myself. He made kind of a concerned face and stood up, quickly exiting the room, saying that he was getting Doctor Redheart. A few minutes of silence passed, the door opened and Sych Ology and Redheart walked in. "Are you completely sure she want you dead? She was just suicidal and had alot of hallucinations, nothing super bad. Never wanted to kill anyppony." He whispered into her ear. She rolled her eyes. "You might be a little looney Ology." He sighed and walked out. Good, I don't think I like him. Redheart put me into the wheelchair and put me back in my room. I let out a long sigh as I plopped onto the floor. Doctor Redheart fed me another daisy sandwich. Once I was finished she left, leaving me to slam my face into the wall repeatedly. I did this for a good half-an-hour or so. I was about to hit the wall again but everything went black. ....whoops.