Breath of Death P.1

	Naomi awoke with a start, gasping for breath while sitting up. Alarmed, she looked around to find herself in her bed. Nothing seemed off so far. She took a deep breath to collect herself, and then she looked down. Her blanket seemed to be rising and falling on its own. She lifted the blanket, only to be buffeted by clouded air.

"Wah?!" She blurted.

	She gazed at the swirling clouds surrounding her bed in awe. There was something fascinating about watching the air move to her, especially indoors. She felt an inner calm losing herself in it. The knob to her blue-painted room's door audibly moved. She looked to see her dad come in.

"HEY! What're ya doin' sittin' there? You gotta get goin' to school!" He announced in a stern tone.
"Oh uh..." Naomi looked around at the swirling stream of clouds circling her bed.
"What's the matter?" The father asked impatiently "If you don't got a reason then git goin'!" He declared.
"R-right! Bye!" She jumped out of bed, the swirling clouds materializing into steam following her out and through the door.

	Naomi felt there was something off about that whole situation. Her daddy would've thrown a fit if there was something odd like those clouds in her room. But, he didn't even notice! Does that mean that's alright with him? 'How weird!' she concluded in her thoughts, as she approached her school bus stop with steam clouds in tow.

	Naomi stood at the spot where her bus showed up. She looked back and forth for those mean kids from across the street. The feeling of wanting to hide instead of stand here rose, and so she began looking at the steam clouds more intensely.

"I..." She trailed off "...I wish I didn't get picked on so much..."

	As she softly spoke her mind, the steaming clouds around her swirled and condensed, until she was trapped in pure fluffy cloud. She was worried at first, waving her hand through the soft and nearly non-existent substance. She could still see through it so she didn't mind. The other five girls showed up at the bus stop, gabbing to each other.

'Aren't they going to insult me?' Naomi thought.
"Heeey, where's that nerd?" A snottily-toned voice called out.
'Oh...' Naomi's thoughts and expression darkened.
"Yeah, she's usually here. Did she finally move out?" Another girl joked.
"I...I'm right here..." Naomi spoke.
"...Did you girls hear that?" One of the skinny girls asked.
"Hear what?" Another one asked genuinely.
"...N-nevermind" The skinny girl hushed herself.

	Soon enough, the bus arrived. Naomi just waited at the back of the line of girls as usual to avoid trouble. She walked forward and straight into the closing bus doors, making a thudding sound. The bus driver looked at the doors and opened them.

"Oh dangit, sorry I didn't see you there" The man said.
"That's fine..." Naomi responded.
"No really, where did you come from? I didn't even see you come running."
"I-Iwasbehindthem" Naomi spoke a little too anxiously.
"Uh..." The driver looked back and forth "forget it, just take a seat" The man concluded, taking a deep breath.

Naomi took a seat, noticing the clouds had dispersed.
"Hey girls it's nerd!" The skinny girl from before announced.
"What? That's bullshit!" One of the groupies denounced.
The driver pulled up his intercom "Daisy, if you don't watch your mouth I'll write you a referral."
Daisy opted to shut her mouth, glaring at Naomi.

'Why didn't they notice me, why didn't they notice these clouds?' Naomi pondered on the ride to her school.