The Family Photo
Now that Chris was part of the Dawn family (officially), he needed to be part of or put in or be in a family photo or picture, and it needed to be a new fresh one, and that meant that he needed to pose, and if there was anything that he was good at, it was posing… as other ponies, and with this devious cunning clever plan in his mind and thought he smiled to himself on the outside and joined the family in the first available spot, he wasn’t going to make this easy on them, after all, he was a practical prankster and jokester and comedian, and he and the family needed a few laughs, and he would do whatever it took in order to make this a very memorable experience for all of them to enjoy.
The first time he posed as the Princess Celestia, then the second time was as the Princess Luna, then the third time was as the Princess Twilight Sparkle, then the fourth time was as Rainbow Dash, then the fifth as Applejack, then numbers six to eight were as Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie in that exact order. Then he decided to have some real fun for the other one by posing as these ponies or other creatures in the exact order in the list shown down below.
Princess Cadence, Queen Chrysalis (which caused quite a stir), Flash Sentry, Big Mac, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and then he posed as some of the other family members and stood right next to them to make it even more confusing to distinguish between the real one and Chris. And then after some talking and excuses and complaining Chris was finally ready to act, be, and pose as himself, but that was when Discord showed up.
And he had no idea why he did show up, especially when he did because he interrupted the shot by suddenly appearing above them when the photo was taken. And then he took it even farther by getting close up and personal with the camera. And it took quite some long time as well to finally talk and persuade Discord to finally go away, but they did. And so it was that they were now finally ready for it.
But it just so happened that at that very moment the batteries ran out and they had to go to the store to replace them, and then they thought that they finally ready for it. But it just so happened that there was rain scheduled for that very day at that very exact time and place for the photo. And so they had to wait until the sky cleared up and the sun was out and the weather was fine before they finally got the perfect chance and opportunity to take it.
Then something completely unexpected happened just right after the moment they took the picture, an anvil and then a piano fell on top of the camera crushing it into tiny little pieces. The Pegasus responsible for the damage (A very certain Derpy Hooves) apologized and paid them for the damage, but it didn’t matter now, it was gone, but luckily the memory card was not, and so they salvaged that from the pile of trash that used to be their camera.
And then they went to a photo shop/ store and had all the pictures printed out, but after much sorting they eventually only choose one to hang up in the front room of their house, and of course it was the perfect picture.
For it had all of them in it, and that’s all that really mattered and what was important in a family, well that and also food, money, shelter, and also doing the stuff and things that siblings do to each other to cause pain.
“Don’t you think that it is simply perfect after all we endured?” Quentin asked him after they had selected the final last perfect image and hanged it up.
“Yes, but I do admit that I wish we didn’t have to endure so much for it.”
“Me too, but sadly we cannot all have that we want or wish for in this life.”
“Yes, if that were true then I would be getting kissed by your sister right now.”
“Yes, that's true-, wait, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?” Quentin shouted.
Chuckling nervously Chris did the only thing that he could think about to do, he ran. “I’m sorry,” he said as he ran, “It’s just that Eve is really nice and I really like her, please don’t stay upset or angry at me forever.”
“Liking one of my sisters I can understand, even and especially Eve, and I can understand your confusion of your thoughts and ideas, but you should never say them out loud, especially to their bigger better stronger older brother!”
And with that said what ensued next was a chase around the house and then town a Chris tried to explain his side of the story and position and Quentin also did that as well, but with just a bit more anger, wrath, and fury in him.
Eventually though they both calmed down and then went home very tired after running for such a very long time, and when they got back Eve asked what was up between the two of them now, but they both kept their silent secret word.
And so it was that things eventually went back and remained quiet in the Dawn house, even if things were not to remain quiet in the town.
And so life went very well for them, and they were all very happy.
But still, whenever they looked back at that day they couldn’t help but to laugh at it for all the very good and very fond memories that they had made together.
For perhaps that was the real most important thing to cherish and hold onto. Nothing else would really matter that much or be important to you.
If you held onto all the good moments of this, all the joy, and not the pain, sorrow, misery, and woe, then perhaps maybe all would be well in life.
And what is it that you must hold onto you ask? Simple. Memories.
