Shadows house short stories

Barbie: the girl who hides her emotions.

For as long I can remember I had to hide my true feelings in order to protect Mistress Barbara. Mistress Barbara tends to underestimate her true potential due to the bullying she was forced to be subjected to at the hands of horrible Shadows like Master Edward and it only made Mistress Barbara more insecure about herself.

Master Christoper was probably the first shadow to acknowledge Mistress Barbara's true potential as a shadow. Mistress Barbara called Master Christoper her teacher because he was a kind person who cared about making sure of all the Debuted shadows and Living Dolls were happy in the Children's wing of Shadows House. Master Christoper He would exercise along Mistress Barbara to make sure she didn't pass out from the exhaustion that was due to her ability to produce a lot of soot. I on the other hand don't know how I had so much physical strength while Mistress Barbara was lacking in it. Master Christopher he would also encourage Barbara to have more confidence in herself.

I never Mistress Barbara seen her as happy when she was around Master Christopher, I think she has a small crush on him, because one time I remember her asking Mistress Maryrose back when her and Mistress Barbara were still friends if her and Master Christopher were courting each other. Mistress Maryrose said that her and Master Christoper were only friends teasing Mistress Barbara in a lighthearted manner that Mistress Barbara was the one had a crush on Master Christoper. I remember Mistress Barbara denying it, I remember her being very shy when she was answering the question and also I'm certain my face was blushing from Mistress Barbara's embarrassment.

I remember the day Master Christoper left the children's wing in Shadows House a darkness fell over everyone in the children's wing especially Mistress Barbara.

I was walking along aside Mistress Barbara outside on a rainy day and she was obviously in a depressed mood which naturally put me in one as well. She unexpectedly started talking her voice shaking sounding like she was about ready to cry, "Christoper, Maryrose, Barbara was a fool all along. There isn't a single thing she can do on her own", hearing says these awful untrue words about herself only hurt me deeply so I ran up to Mistress Barbara and tried talking to her in attempt to make her feel better.

"Mistress that simply is not true", I tell Mistress Barbara extremely worried about her looking at her black face.

"All of it was for nothing!", Mistress Barbara cries out loud in rage not believing a word before her powerful soot from her rage and depression burst out and cause me to black out the last thing I hear Mistress Barbara say as I black out is her crying," No Barbara didn't mean to. Barbie! Barbie!".

Ever since that day Mistress Barbara and I were Star Bearers as a punishment for me getting to close to her while she was upset and trying to make her feel better which resulted in my face as a living doll getting injured. I was ordered by Mistress Barbara to put on a strong face so that it would hide her insecurities as a shadow and therefore make it easier for no one to bully her and steal her last chance to become an adult and be finally reunited with the person she was in love with Master Christoper.

I was by Mistress Barbara's bed holding her hand while she was asleep waiting for her to wake up since yesterday she pushed herself a little bit far in the soot training room getting rid of all of her excess soot that was causing her pain and she was very exhausted from the painful process of releasing it.

I felt her hand twitch and heard her give a sigh meaning that she was awake before talking," is it morning?", she asked because she was so excited exhausted that she last track of time to recover her strength.

"Indeed", I answered.

"You stayed this entire time?", she asked shocked not expecting me to stay the whole night.

"You were expelling soot at a tremendous pace earlier Mistress Barbara it took me by surprise and worried me", I told her thinking of her pained screams yesterday in the soot training room.

"Whatever for?, it's only a shadows rightful duty the exclusion of soot", she told me.

"All of this", she said

Than I finished her sentence with a disdain in my voice said" on behalf of Lord Grandfather".

I would sacrifice everything like a good living doll was supposed to for Mistress Barbara especially if meant she could be happy again.

That's why I'm the girl who hides her emotions.