Photo Finish's Beginnings
Author's Note: This is my Headcanon story for one of my favorite characters of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, who hasn't really gotten much fan attention...Photo Finish!
What do we really know about the famous Photo Finish? Why does she behave the way she does? Why does she talk the way she does? And where did this wonderful pony come from? Well here's my first ever Headcanon story focused on an MLP character. Sit back and learn how where Photo Finish came from, what inspired her to become a photographer and her raise to fame in the world of Equestria.
Notice: I'm sorry if any of the names for characters I make up are already in use by someone else, I am just making up names for characters to make for the story and of course I do not own Photo Finish or any of the canon characters, they rightfully belong to Hasbro.
Chapter 1
Beginnings
Years ago a small family of Earth-Ponies in the country of Germaney known as the Lenses lived as best of lives they could in their country after the last great war. The family had three members, there was Photo Lenses who was a mare with a light gray mane, dark blue fur and red eyes. Her Cutie Mark was a Camera, she lived with her father Video Feed and her husband Mobius Lenses, Video Feed was a very elderly Earth-Pony who had a black dirty mane, brown fur and green eyes. His Cutie Mark was a radar scanner, Mobius Lenses was colored pale, light grayish cerulean and he had very dark indigo eyes. His Cutie Mark was a mobius camera, many long years ago Video Feed fought in the last great war that involved Germaney invading Prance and other countries in their half of the world until Princess Celestia was able too bring Harmony to the warring ponies of the countries far from Equestria.
Video Feed in spite of being born in Germaney, fought too free Prance and most of his fellow ponies from Germaney saw him as an untrustworthy traitor back in those days. But because of the last great war and the war before it the once great country of Germaney suffered greatly, Video Feed told many a filly and colt about his days in the war, including how it took his beloved wife Cerulean Seas. Video Feed had to raise his children, Photo Lenses was the oldest of her siblings and watched over them like a mother. But as the years passed and Photo Lenses and her family tried to stay together best they could, her siblings decided too move to other counties in order to find a better life and send money to their family, but what little they could send wouldn't be enough for Photo Lenses and Video Feed in later years. One day while out on a walk Photo Lenses bumped into Mobius Strip, the stallion was so handsome and he seemed like a kind fellow since he treated Photo Lenses very kindly.
Mobius Strip was in every right a gentle-colt, as time went by he met Photo Lenses time and time again, until one day he asked for her hoof in marriage. After Photo Lenses agreed to marry Mobius Strip the two planned for their wedding, it was a small wedding that was held in an old cathedral that survived being destroyed in the last great war while most other buildings were destroyed. This cathedral was where Photo Lenses and her siblings stayed in their childhood years when the last great war happened. After the wedding Mobius Strip changed his name to Mobius Lenses and he promised his wife he'd do everything he could to be a perfect husband, Mobius Lenses got a job in filming while Photo Lenses became a photographer of wild life much like her mother.
As time went by Photo Lenses felt a kick from inside of her, she went to the doctors and they told her she was expecting a little foal. Once Photo Lenses told her husband and father of the news they felt so happy and so excited that they forgot about all of their worries, as months passed by Photo Lenses went to the doctors in order to give birth to her foal, her husband and father went with her in order to help her best they could. Photo Lenses was excited to learn that she gave birth to a healthy little filly, after talking with her husband over the name to give their daughter they agreed on the name Photo Finish.
Photo Finish was a cute little filly, she was born with a pale, light grayish cerulean coat of fur, a light gray mane and very dark indigo eyes. She was born with her father's eyes and coat of fur, and with her mother's mane and was the most adorable filly ever seen by her parents, a few months after Photo Finish was born there was disaster for the Lenses family. Photo Lenses had to quit her job in order to look after her filly Photo Finish, Mobius Lenses was fired for missing work twice, the first time was because he had to be with his wife when Photo Finish was born and the second one was because he had a bad day and tried to make it too work but his angry and ill tempered boss fired him. Because of this the Lenses had to sell a lot of their heirlooms among other things "papa...why are ve getting rid of za stuff in our house?" Photo Finish asked her father one day. "Well Photo Finish...it's...because of...vell...we are having a hard time but I Mobius Lenses promise you my dear that one day we will have a better life" Mobius Lenses said to his daughter in a reassuring tone.
As the months went by and the months turned into years the Lenses did their best to make it through troubling times, until the day came where Video Feed got out his emergency bits and insisted that he and his family moved to Equestria for a better life. After Photo Finish's parents and grandfather argued for hours over the matter, it was settled that they couldn't possibly make it in Germaney and raise Photo Finish with hopes of her having a good life the way things were.
On Photo Finish's fifth birthday she and her family arrived in Equestria on a large passenger ship, "I Mobius Lenses have arrived in Equestria!" Mobius Lenses said to himself as he and his family looked around as they arrived in the harbor of Manehattan the biggest city in Equestria next to Canterlot. "I Photo Finish...have arrived in Equestria!" Photo Finish said while she was on her father's back and watching the view of the beautiful Manehattan harbor and Manehattan itself. "I can't believe we have finally made it" Photo Lenses said with a smile as she saw a land of opportunity and a fresh new start for her and her family, especially Photo Finish who had her whole life ahead of her. The little filly didn't have her Cutie Mark yet but one day in Equestria, Photo Finish would find her true destiny.
A year after the Lenses family arrived in Manehattan they lived in a middle class apartment, Mobius Lenses was able to get a job in Las Pegasus as a camera man and he sent money to his family in Manehattan along with post cards assuring them that he's alright and that he loves them very much and hopes their doing alright. Photo Lenses spent most of her time taking care of Photo Finish along with help from Video Feed, one day Photo Lenses was able to get work at a part time job selling oranges and was able to send Photo Finish off to school so her filly could learn about Equestria and about all the things a pony needs to know in life "I Photo Finish...can't wait to go to school" the filly said as she thought about school.
Photo Finish never went to school in Germaney, she learned everything she knew up to this point from her family. Thanks to her father's way of speaking she got into the habit of talking like her father and the filly hoped she could make some friends while at school.
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