Red blotch on dark and black screens

I got my MacBook pro as a Christmas present this year only a couple months later and I got this issue. I use my laptop for drawing mostly so it's hard to focus when your have a large splotch. I don't think I have apple care so idk what to do or even what's wrong.

Roxie,
You have a 1 year warranty on the MBP, take it the Apple store and let them deal with it.
http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/mac-english.html

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