There was a magician on the sidewalk. He called himself ‘Wonderful Williams The Weather Wizard.’
He was astonishing. He wowed the crowds with illusions and magic tricks that the world has never witnessed before. He summoned miniature tornadoes and air sprites. He made soft fluffy clouds form around himself and then he vanished, only to then materialize from thin air afterwards. The crowd were enthralled and thoroughly entertained. They were calling him a genius for inventing such tricks.
But of course, I knew they were not just merely tricks. They were real.
I was watching him from opposite the road, disguised as a gardener watering the plants. If anyone looked closely, they would notice the water emerging from my fingertips, not the hose.
He was one of us, I’m certain of it.
I raised my head to the sky and focused, making the rainbow appear. Soon, they will be here to collect him.
Word count: 153
fredtotherick 
Aaahhh very nice
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Excellent!
Cool tale, nicely layered, neatly developed, gently enigmatic.
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Thank you, AnElephantCant!
May I take this opportunity to add I duly admire your work?
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Great story 🙂
Although Monday’s Finish The Story is the one hosted by Barbs 😉
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Oh dear me! I’m so sorry. I fixed that now. I hope you forgive me!! I get so confused and clumsy sometimes.
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No worries 🙂 With so many different prompts it is really easy to get them mixed up
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No idea why, but this reminds me of a fiction series that I am writing right now on my blog. Though I am not good at all in writing fiction, I thought it will give my blog a bit of variety. Nice short story there by the way! Love the alliteration in the title.
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Ooh really? I’ll check it out now.
The title is rather wacky. I intended it to be a wacky and absurd story but it turned out different. Glad you liked it! 🙂
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It’s called “A Random Medley”, and it was initially meant to just answer a prompt on the Writing101 course, so it still looks a little sketchy. I have properly drafted out how the remaining story should go already, but haven’t had the time to write them out. And oh, there are a lot of references to musicals, which explains the title.
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Magical. Nice one.. 🙂 Enjoyed reading it.
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I’m pleased that you did.
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Wow Fred! Really cool story. 🙂
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Thanks, PJ! Is this a new account of yours??
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Very enjoyable read. I like the description of the water running from the fingers…great lead-in that he was different.
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Yeah, I wonder what will happen to Wonderful Williams after he’s abducted. I do worry for him.
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I like it F2R. I always enjoy some good wizarding. I guess now we know why that guy was crying so much in that double rainbow video.
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Lovely twist to the prompt – fun and magickal – in an intriguing and wonderful way – with just a hint of enough “blackness” – storm clouds on the horizon? XD
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Oh, if only Williams sensed the black storm clouds, he will be miles away from that rainbow by now!
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One of “us”. But apparently a rebellious one. This Will Not Do.
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Not rebellious. A show-off.
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