//------------------------------// // Secrets(Short) // Story: The Way Photos Tilt // by Brony Parasite //------------------------------// {Lumen’s PoV}         A beam of light hit me in the face. ‘Darn it...’         I sat up and looked around to see my room… again… I broke down in front of Moo- Luna. How pitiful I must have looked. I needed to be strong so I could spread chaos and mayhem. Or have things changed…         I shook my head. Slinging my legs over the bed, I put my weight so I can stand easily. Pushing, I get up with a wobble and stumble towards the door. Teddy opened it and jumped onto my back, moving his arms around my neck.         Continuing to nearly fall my way towards the living room. When I arrived, Daddy was sat in a chair, monocle over his eye, reading a painting backwards. He noticed me and set it down.         “Mourning Lumen. How’d you sleep?”         I coughed, “Good… I guess…” I looked around the room, noting all the random stuff stacked on the ceiling.         Daddy placed a watermelon on his head. “I know things are a bit crazy(er), but I’ll explain. But first, what do you remember from Blehday?” Blehday was my idea. Thought the days should have different names. Monday was always the Blehday to me so it just… happened… Anyway, I struggled to remember what happened. “I remember Sun-Butt and Bad-Moon trying to attack and using the Elements of Harmony on me… And I fell asleep… And-d th-the n-n-nightm-mare-res…” I started hyperventilating. I fell to my knees and started coughing, hacking, and wheezing. Daddy rushed over to me and used his magic to calm me down. I breathed slowly, trying to get some blood flowing… Wait a second… Blood flowing? My blood was flowing… I shook it off. What was I thinking? Silly Lumen… Daddy put his lion paw on my shoulder and looked nervous. He spoke softly and quietly. “Lumen, I’ve made a deal with Celestia and Luna that if I don’t do evil stuff, we won’t be bothered by them.” He picked me up and walked me to my play room. He set me down and Teddy walked over and jumped on me. He was hugging. Daddy smiled sadly for some reason, and left. I played with Teddy for the rest of the day. {Third PoV}         Discord sat in his room, Ex-General Hurricane’s face glared at him from inside the portable TV.         “I knew you were evil, but that’s just sick!” She spat. Obviously disgusted by whatever the mismatched Spirit of Chaos had done.         “I know… I just couldn’t live without her…” Discord replied, tears welling in his eyes.         “You seemed fine when you broke out last time!” The Pegasus countered.         “That was just excitement. It would have worn out…” He defended weakly. “I wasn’t thinking about her…”         Hurricane rolled her digital eyes, “Yeah right. It wasn’t until after you reformed you remembered her. And this is still sick.”         Discord stood up. “It wasn’t fair! Celestia and Luna ripped her away from me! She…” He roared in anger. The pony sighed in annoyance.         “So when are you going to tell her about this?”         Discord paused. He thought for a moment, then looked Hurricane dead in the eye.         “Never. And you won’t either.” An idea hit Discord(literally, and don’t ask), and he smirked. “I think she need a guardian/friend/mentor. And a TV isn’t going to do it.”         Hurricane raised an eyebrow, but before she could ask, a burst of light hit her in the screen.         When her opened her eyes, she suddenly coughed. ‘What? Wait! I couldn’t think in the static void!!!’         Confusion turned to happiness. She looked down and saw hooves… real hooves! She looked around to see an empty TV. She smiled joyfully.         “All you have to do is help her, and not tell her what I’ve done… She’s been through enough...” Hurricane sighed.         “Fine… I’ll do it, but she’ll figure it out.” Hurricane tested her hooves by trotting around the room a bit, stumbling. Her coat was cyan, and her mane was black.         “Wait, why do I have a cyan coat?”         Discord giggled. “I think it suits you… Well, better than that dark red you used to be!”         The pony sighed. “Fine… Hey, how about you make Lumen a pony?” The Ex-General smirked. “I’d hate for ponies to freak out, what with her being human.”         Discord lightened up. “Yes! And I know just the form!”         Discord disappeared, and Hurricane’s smile faded. “He is right… She has been through to much…”         She turned to the door. “I guess a second chance wouldn’t hurt…”