4 word prompt story exercise

Two posts in two days!? What madness is this?! Well, a long while ago I did a post with a whole list of twitter prompt words. Writing something around one word can be tricky, try combining multiple! But tonight I gave it another go! So if you are interested here are what the prompt words were and the host hashtags in case you fancy a go yourself. Would love to see your offerings in the comments. #vss365 bower #vssmagic furnace #vssfantasy cove #vssdaily missing

It had been eleven days since I’d gone missing. I wasn’t sure if anyone had even started looking for me. Or did it even count as going missing if you left of your own volition? In a few days, for sure, someone would notice. When I didn’t show up at the binding ceremony, all hell would break loose.

I’d be impressed if they found me. After jumping locations, twelve times and running decoy trails I had finally opened a portal to a random place and hoped for the best. Perhaps my magic wasn’t good at random after all. It had deposited me in the most picturesque cove I could have imagined. I’d already built myself a functioning bower and had a fire roaring like a furnace. It was all going incredibly well.

My hands hovered over the spit I had fashioned. I am not in the slightest bit practical. How on Earth had I managed to build all this without any of it falling down. And how had I ended up in such a paradise, one where no nasty bugs came and attacked me, where the heat was just right.

I cursed. Of course they weren’t looking for me. I’d never left.

I summoned all the magic I could, before they tore it from me, and blasted it at the fire. It might not be real but intent and imagination had power. I heard the yells seconds before the illusion melted away.