The village was there one day, and gone the next. No one knew what happened, but the ground where it stood was scorched and empty.
Task: Continue the story from the prompt above. Your goal is to creatively use all of the following words in your continuation of the story: village, gone, scorched, empty, vanished, mystery, ground, investigate, clues, disappear.
Requirement: You must use at least 5 of these words in your story.
Challenge: Try to use all 10 words to add depth and detail to your story.