First Story

New day

What are you meant to do when everyone you care about leaves you? Run far far away and leave them for good and hurt them like they hurt you. Right? I did. I ran to Tyler. Ran to the Camp Frostline and ran to comfort.

Everyone there thought I did the right thing. It was what I was meant to do. But I just found a reason to leave them too.

Tyler followed me. He wouldn't let me leave, wouldn't let me fall apart like I was. He believed in me. Loved me and cared for me.

We went back to camp and I stayed with him. For once I was happy. For once I felt like everything was the way it was meant to be.

But then I woke up. I realized it was a dream. The running.  Tyler and the camp. My feelings of comfort and my safety net.

I went back to school and everyone was trying to stay away from me. Everyone was ignoring me. Even the ones who were meant to be my friends. The people who never left, were gone.

I wanted to die. I ran.  I fell. And I stayed on the floor until Tyler really did come and take me to Camp Frostline. I found my comfort and safety net and I hurt the ones who thought they were hurting me.

I won. And I will never let them beat me. Not even if they knock me down and beat me to near death I will get back up and fight them again.

I am Scarlet. And I will win this war.

It's been a month since I arrived at camp. And for once I feel like I belong. No one is trying to bring me down. We train for most of the day and during the free time I either go off with some people for a swim or go off on a run with Ty.

Tonight I've been lying in bed thinking about when I was younger and people would get upset at me because I was in the spotlight for once and not them. I would turn around and people would be talking about me.

It's not like that here though. No one bullies or cares we have fun because we're all we got. Most of have left our families some of us for good. So being at camp is just like being at home with a bunch of cousins and brothers and sisters.

When Ty and I went on our run today Ty pulled us off the track and ran along the bank of a river until we came to a clearing near a pool of water and a waterfall. It was beautiful and magical all at once. We spent the whole day there talking and laughing and having fun. No came and stopped us or came looking for us. So it was perfect.  I was finally where I was meant to be!