Flash Fiction: Magic

The old man observed the couple in his crystal ball.

They were standing at the sea face, hand in hand, looking at the setting red orb in the sky.

“You know baby, when we are together, it feels magical.”

She looked into his eyes and smiled in agreement.

The old wizard however had a grim face. He spotted two shadows approaching the oblivious couple. There was no way they could sense the darkness approaching. The old man turned to his assistant.

“Merlyn, we need to move fast. We cannot lose our source of magic. We must protect true love…”

Word Count: 99

Prompt:

Carrot Ranch August 23 Flash Fiction Challenge

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Image Credit: Wizard Painting – Thinker Wizard by Rob Carlos

27 comments

  3. And know you want me to sleep after reading this…..
    Great writing, story, hope I had more time, but I´ll get it to have my own wifi.
    Again appreciate you taking a look at my writing and more than other thing
    I appreciate that I can read someone who knows about writing

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