Photo Finish's Beginnings

Chapter 3

First Photos and Destiny!

It was about two days after her birthday that Photo Finish brought out her camera to show her best friend Sapphire Shores. Photo Finish was a bit nervous showing her gifts especially the dress her father gave to her on the night of her birthday, many of the ponies in the school wondered how somepony like Photo Finish was able to get such a beautiful dress while others were jealous. Photo Finish was also wearing her sunglasses around regularly even out on simple days, her prized gift the camera was a simple camera that was quite old but made pictures shortly after they were taken.

"Wow Photo Finish you've got quite the camera there" Sapphire Shores said to her friend as she looked at the interesting and old camera.

"I Photo Finish love this camera, I Photo Finish plan to use it to take photos and make the magicks for everypony!" Photo Finish said.

"You plan on taking photos?" Sapphire Shores asked.

"Dah! I Photo Finish believe that it is my destiny to take lovely photos of...of...um...well to take photos and capture the magicks!" Photo Finish said to her dear friend.

"Hmm...have you thought of what kinds of things to take photos of girl?" Sapphire Shores asked.

"I Photo Finish plan to take pictures of places...animals!...and people! And maybe even dresses" Photo Finish explained.

"I'm proud you've thought of things to take pictures of, soon you'll be going all kinds of places in order to capture the magic of photography like you just said" Sapphire Shores said with a smile to her dear friend.

"Sapphire Shores...you come with me please?" Photo Finish asked her friend.

"Say what now?" Sapphire said in confusion.

"I Photo Finish need somepony to travel Manehattan with while I Photo Finish capture the magicks of our city! You come with me now yes?" Photo Finish asked her friend.

"Hmm...well since it is a weekend I don't see any reason not to travel with my best friend ever! But I'll need to check in with my parents and see if its cool to cruise on through Manehattan!" Sapphire Shores said in a very loud voice.

"I Photo Finish will see you later, but for now...I go!" Photo Finish said as she dashed off for her families apartment which wasn't to far from where the two fillies were hanging out.

Once Photo Finish arrived home she explained to her mother and grandpa her plan to see a lot of places in Manehattan with her friend Sapphire Shores. After talking over the matter it was settled that Photo Lenses would go with her daughter Photo Finish while Photo Finish and Sapphire Shores looked around the places in Manehattan to take photos, Sapphire Shores father went with her while she was exploring with Photo Finish.

As the four ponies traveled the city and got to see many a wonderful place Photo Finish took many marvelous pictures, from birds flying over clouds to ponies traveling around to lovely views, to even the famous statue of Manehattan that was delivered to Equestria from Prance. But in spire of all of the photos that Photo Finish didn't get her Cutie Mark and know for sure taking photos was what her destiny was meant to be.

After the long day Photo Finish and her mother returned to their apartment and had a nice dinner and then went to sleep, Photo Finish was glad of all of the wonderful pictures she took but none of them seemed to get her any closer to knowing if photography was her destiny or not. The next day at school there was a special announcement "alright My Little Ponies, we have an important announcement! This weekend we're going to have a fashion contest and we need volunteers to take photos for the school paper, sign up sheets will be handed out to everypony" the teacher in Photo Finish's class said as she made the announcement.

"Photo Finish you should sign up for the photography volunteers" Sapphire Shores said to her friend.

"I Photo Finish was thinking the same thing" she said with a big grin on her face.

"Maybe you can see if you're meant to be a fashion photographer or not girl" Sapphire Shores said to her friend. After school Photo Finish explained to her mother that she wanted to volunteer at the schools fashion contest to take photos for the school paper, Photo Lenses completely supported her daughter in this endeavor and helped out best she could.

On the weekend of the fashion contest one of the models was Sapphire Shores who stepped out just as Photo Finish arrived to take pictures, Photo Finish was so nervous and unsure of herself that she almost forgot to take any pictures until her mother assured her that everything was okay.

With a deep breath Photo Finish held up her camera and took pictures, she took more and more pictures of Sapphire Shores and other models as they went out on the runway and in the middle of taking pictures something amazing had happened. Photo Finish's Cutie Mark finally appeared! She was the last in her class to earn her Cutie Mark but it was in that moment that she knew her destiny, and when she looked at her flank and saw the camera lenses taking a picture Cutie Mark she knew now without a doubt that her destiny was to be a fashion photographer!

There was quite a celebration at Photo Finish's apartment, Sapphire Shores and her family were invited to the party to celebrate Photo Finish getting her Cutie Mark and knowing now her destiny!