Practicing

Aiva was looking for an empty, quiet place for her to practice her invisibility. She wasn't very good at it, and sometimes everything would disappear but her arms, or she could only disappear up to her waist. She really needed to get some practice in.

She walked from room to room, until she found what she was looking for. An old mirror covered in dust hung on the wall. She walked over to it. She began to wipe the dust of it, coughing and weezing as the dust particles flew up in the air. There was a large crack in the mirror, which distorted the reflection that stared back at her. "It'll have to do," she thought out loud.

She began to concentrate. She stared at her reflection until it began to fade. It didn't take long before she was completely vanished. It only lasted a few seconds though. When she reappeared she rubbed her hands together to create warmth. Whenever she managed to disappear, for some reason it always made her cold.

She tried it again. Staring at her reflection, she concentrated on becoming invisible. This time all but her feet disappeared. She reappeared and tried again. This time, all but her clothes disappeared.

"Ugggh!!!!" She screamed in frustration. She tried again, this time completely disappearing. While invisible, she walked around the room. She picked up an object, looking in the mirror at the reflection. It amused her how it appeared the object was just floating. She put it back down and went over to a chair off to the site. She picked up the chair to move it so she could be seated but still see herself in the mirror. As she was moving the chair, she glanced up to see if she was still invisible. The reflection showed that she was, but she was surprised to see no chair in the reflection. The chair had disappeared as well! Before she could figure anything else, she reappeared in the relfection along with the chair.

"I can make objects disappear as well!" She mused. She tried it again, but couldn't get anything to happen. She was shivering uncontrollably, and thought maybe she should give it a rest for a few minutes.

Aiva could barely keep in her excitement. "You..you just turned invisible!" She cried, standing up from the chair so quickly she knocked it over. She didn't want to scare the girl, so she quickly calmed herself down.

"My name is Aiva," she began, her eyes scanning the area where she had seen the girl. "My power is invisibility too." she said. "I was just practicing. I'm not very good at it. Perhaps you could help me? Maybe the way we generate our power is similar...I could really use your help." Since the girl had not reappeared just yet, she wondered if she was still there, or if she had just been talking to an empty room.

"Well, I'm having trouble staying invisible. It lasts a couple seconds, but then I reappear again. It sure is frustrating." Aiva sighed, placing the chair upright. "I've been watching myself in the mirror here, and the best I've done so far was maintaining the invisibility for about 5 minutes. It's a record for me, actually. Here, I'll show you."

Aiva walked a couple steps away from Shirese. Normally, she wouldn't think of practicing in front of anyone, but she knew Shirese would like to help, and if she could actually see her troubles, it may make it easier for her to offer advice.

She was determined for this to work. After all, she did have an audience. She closed her eyes, and concentrated. When she finally had the guts, she opened her eyes, and looked to her right at the mirror. She was disappointed to see that everything disappeared except her arms.

"And sometimes this happenes." she said with a huge disappointing sigh. "And usually when something like this happens, it could stay like this for a long time." She was glad her face was invisible, for Shirese could not see how red her face was from embarrassment. However, seconds later, the rest of her body began to slowly become visible again. She brought her hands up to her face to hide the blush. "I am so humilated right now. Did this ever happen to you? Do you know what my problem is? Do I just need practice?"