Magarlo Is Lost

Okay, so we all know how Tumblr is flagging innocent posts, I actually had one tagged as inappropriate and it was a drawing of a wolf. Just that, a drawing, of a wolf standing on a cliff. Fortunately they corrected this, after I asked for revision of the post.

But there's some other problem that I don't know if someone else is having besides me.

My blog is for my art, but I'm not posting many things because every time someone presses the heart button or follows me, I see that it's from a blog dedicated to pornography, where they post photos and links to different websites to see porn.

And none of these blogs have a single flagged post, but then again one of my drawings which don't contain any graphic themes, is flagged.

Chapter One: Everyday thing

"Good morning, Kai!" Ash exclaimed, running to her friend, who was in front of her locker, across the hall from the school.

   Kai looked at her and smiled, shaking her hand slightly as a greeting.

   "Where's Cia?" Ash asked, when she reached Kai, and looked around, searching for the missing girl.

   "Oh, you know, she's late, as always" Kai replied, shrugging, Ash laughed a little.

   "Playing video games late again, right?"

   "Probably."

   The bell rang, and the two girls went to their classroom.  Just when they came in, they saw that her friend Cia was already at her table, playing something on her cell phone.

   "When did you arrive?" Kai asked, confused, Cia never arrived before her and Ash, except when ...

   "Well, it's just that I have not slept, literally." Cia answered, and let out a yawn, before continuing. "It was six-thirty, and I was not going to sleep for only ten minutes, so I came a little earlier."

   "It can not be healthy, your obsession with Fornite, Cia." Kai shook her head, Ash just smiled a little.

   "All right, guys," Miss Pagger said then, entering the classroom and clapping her hands "Time to start, we have an exam next week."

   "Agh, I had forgotten." Cia, Kai and Ash said in unison, lowering their heads, also at the same time.

   Some students laughed at this and others -wise guys- rolled their eyes.

 ***

   "Well, that was very boring," Kai said, putting her hands behind her head, while she and the other two girls left the school, heading to the park near it.

   "I do not understand how it helps to know anything about the past," Cia added.

   "It is important to know the mistakes of the past so we don't repeat them in the future," Ash said, frowning.

   "Boooooriiing!" Kai crooned.

   "It's not as boring as chemistry, though," Ash replied, somewhat annoyed.

   "Hey, with chemistry you learn to poison, to blow things up, and ..."

   "Now, I do not think any of our class is thinking of using chemistry for that," Kai said, somewhat disturbed by Cia's words.

   Soon enough, they arrived at St. James's Park, and they sat on their usual bench, then taking out their lunches.

   Ash licked her lips at the delicious sandwich she had prepared that morning, and without waiting for her friends, she began to swallow it.

   It was a while, until Ash spoke. "Hey, do you have any idea of where we can go?"

   Kai thought for a moment. "I do not. Why? Any ideas?"

   Ash smiled at the question.  "Actually, yes. There is a bookshop near my house, it has been there for a long time, but almost all my life I have seen it closed. Today I've finally seen it open. "

    Cia threw her head back, sighing and grunting at the same time. "Really?" She asked.

   "Oh, come on, just for a little!" Ash cried, putting her best puppy-dog eyes on them.

    And when Kai and Cia looked away, Ash knew she had convinced them. She smiled victoriously when they both whispered a "good" and jumped up, stretching and waiting for her friends to get up, after finishing their own lunches.

    "Okay, let's go there."

 ***

    "It's old, yes." Cia said, nodding slightly.

    "Have you been here for many years?" Kai asked.  "I do not remember seeing this place when Cia and I go to your house."

    "Yeah, well, it's not like you usually get your eyes stuck in a bookshop." Cia answered, still looking at the store, Kai pouted and Ash laughed.

    Finally, the three of them headed for the entrance and Ash opened the door, ringing a bell, while Kai and Cia were behind her, looking inside the store.

    "Oh, welcome, young ladies," said the voice of a man.

    The moment the man from whom that voice had came got out of a room and connected his gaze with Ash's, they both froze for a moment, although Ash did not know the reason.

    The man did, however.

 ***

   “Well, hello,” the man finally spoke, after a moment of staring at Ash “I do not remember seeing you around. My name is Aziraphale.”

   “Uh, oh, I'm Ash.” Ash replied, then pointed to her friends “They're Kai and Cia.”

Both girls waved slightly, thinking about how weird it was when the man and Ash stared at each other for a while.

   “I live just around the corner. I've always seen this place closed, so I got curious when I saw it open today in the morning.” Ash explained, Aziraphale nodded, playing with his hands, a bit nervous.

   “Yeah, I've been away for eleven years, observing a child.” Aziraphale explained as well, Cia and Kai looked at each other and raised an eyebrow. “Observing a child?” Kai asked, as Cia firmly grabbed Ash's arm and started tugging her.

   Aziraphale understood how that sounded and started waving his hands. “No, no, that's not the case! I-”

   “Allllright, time to go!” Kai said, and helped Cia to pull Ash away from the shop.