jeez. sorry I've been gone for god knows how many weeks. here. have an extremely long chapter
Barbara's eyes fluttered open, her head pounding. she was surrounded by darkness, not a speck of light anywhere... "glad to see you're awake, been hours..." Barbara whirled around, the hooded figure staring at her, smirking. "y, you!? what do you want!?" the figure came closer, and grabbed her arm. she flinched, expecting to be killed, or hurt. but instead, they wrapped cloth around her arm, and handed her a small bowl of soup. "eat up, you're gonna need to regain your strength somehow... and dont worry, it's not full of poison" Barbara gave a skeptical look, and said. "why should I trust you... you've tried to kill me! and I dont even know who you are!!" "heh... ya should... since we've known each other for a long time..." before she could react, the figure removed the cloak they wore. "woah... y... you look just like me!" the figure smiled, her violet eyes shining. "why do you-" "the magician created me from the darkness within your heart... I'm supposed to destroy you, so whatever hes planning wont be stopped... but, i... can't bring myself to do it" she got up, and brought out a fixed, silver axe from a chest. "it, surprisingly, broke your fall... but it snapped in the process.. so, i... fixed it back up, gave it a new blade, and some bells and whistles" she swung it, the top flying off via a chain. she pressed a button, and it returned to normal. "woah.. err, thanks. how can I-" "just stop the magician, that's all I ask for..."