"A Year's Luck" - from the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction 2016 contest - challenge 3

I made it through to the 3rd challenge in the NYCMFF2016.

Scores from challenges 1 and 2 were totaled (I took 2nd and 7th respectively, out of 35 writers in my group) and the top 5 from each moved on. The 300 of us were then divided into 12 new groups of 25 each. The top 4 from each group in this challenge will move on to the 4th and final round.

Again, flash fiction is a story created in 48 hours or less, with a word count of 1,000 words or less.

My prompts were the genre of mystery; primary location of a bonfire; and an item (which has to appear in the story but not necessarily be a major part) of a fake ID.

I received mystery for the second time in a row! I feel much better with it this time around...
Please feel free to leave a comment with feedback! Thanks in advance!

-Trond

Taking the story down - 6/8/17