Octavia walked in the door pushing the other 3 babies in a stroller.
"Bravey! We're back! And we had such good time! How was Tido?", she smiled, kissing Nick, who held Tido.
"We had a Jolly good time, thanks for asking, Mother.", Tido replied, nuzzling Octavia, as Nick handed him to her.
"That's my big boy!", she smiled, seeming not at all surprised that he could speak.
"Wait, you knew he could talk?", Ananasrenette asked with confusion.
"No," she laughed, "I've just been waiting for him to have his little perk like his siblings."
Applejack came back into the room.
"I'm sorry if I got a little harsh on ya, Tido. I guess I'm not used to a baby with an attitude.", she apologized.
"That's quite alright, Aunt Applejack. I'm sorry I pushed you to it. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to take my nap with Mother.", Tido smiled, accepting the apology as Octavia and Nick carried him and his siblings to their crib.
Nick came back and smiled, "Alright Ana, are you ready to spend some quality time with your old man?"
"I sure am!", she smiled, jumping up and down with excitement.
"Great! Cause we'll be going to have a treat at Sugarcube Corner!", he grinned, nuzzling his daughter.
Applejack stared on at them before asking shyly, "Can I join?"
"Of course you can, Auntie AJ! You're family!", Ananasrenette smiled.
So they all went to Sugarcube Corner and had milkshakes, Ananasrenette ordered a chocolate, Applejack an apple, and Nick a triple dragonfruit double strawberry apple.
"Pop, how was I born?", Ananasrenette asked after taking a sip.
"Well, it all starts when a stallion meets a mare...", Nick started, when Ananasrenette quickly interrupted.
"No, I know all about that! I'm talking about what happened between after you first met Mom, to before I was born.", she corrected.
"Oh, well, where did that book she wrote for you leave off...", he thought, trying to remember.
Ah! Of course! It was during breakfast that next day that we confessed our love for each other, we had by then given each other pet names, I called her Rachel, short for Rachelette Harmony the Second, while she called me Dearest, since we both found it kinda hard to make a pet name out of In-The-Nick-Of-Time Braveheart. It was after breakfast that she mentioned a factor that had little to do with our love, but still worried me.
"Dearest, thank you for helping me clean up, my parents are coming over today, and I want to make sure this place is nice and clean for them.", Rachel smiled, pecking my cheeks.
"Oh...maybe I should leave for a bit if your parents are coming to visit...", I started, worried about what they would say if they found out that their daughter was in a relationship with a dragon, let alone a Luck Dragon.
"Nonsense, Dearest, I want them to meet you. And if they don't approve, well then, they're in for a surprise!", Rachel smiled, putting her hooves on my shoulders before kissing my snout.
There then was a knock on the door.
"That'll be them now, remember, don't freak out!", she said, opening the door.
At the door stood a white earth pony stallion with a gray mane and a conductor's baton cutie mark, and a earth pony mare, who looked exactly like Rachel, except with a quill and sheet music cutie mark.
"Oh my little girl! I've missed you so much!", cried out Mrs. Harmony, hugging Rachel tightly.
"I missed you too, Mother! Come and have a seat!", she smiled.
I stood as still as possible without blinking or breathing, hoping they would miss me, but I caught Mr. Harmony's eye, he came over and poked me, getting no result.
"Where'd you get the giant plushy?", he asked.
"Oh, that's no plushy," Rachel laughed, "That's my boyfriend, In-The-Nick-Of-Time Braveheart! Dearest, these are my parents, Mr. Beethoven Harmony, and Mrs. Rachelette Harmony the First!"
I knew my cover had been blown, so I lifted my paw and shook their hooves saying, "Nice to meet you."
Mrs. Harmony looked at me closely before saying, "Oh my gosh! You must be getting hot in that! Here, let me take of your mask!" She tugged on my face as hard as she could before I said politely, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Harmony, it's not a mask. I'm..."
"Oh! I see! You must have a zipper on your back! I forgot they hardly use masks nowadays!", she smiled, searching my back for a zipper.
"Mother, he's not wearing a costume! He's a real live Luck Dragon!", Rachel laughed, throwing her hooves around me.
"Oh? A real Luck Dragon? Wow! Can we take a selfie with you? Me and Beethoven have always wanted to have our picture taken with a real dragon, but, you know, most dragons aren't as friendly.", Mrs. Harmony exclaimed, very excited.
"Ummm...I guess. What's a selfie?", I asked, "I'm not quite acquainted with all this new stuff, I was raised on an apple orchard."
"Oh, nothing to worry about, it's just where we get our picture taken with you. Apple orchard, huh? The last place I would expect to find a Luck Dragon!", Beethoven smiled.
So they got their "selfie" with me, they seemed really excited about it.
"So you're not upset about the fact that I'm a dragon? In a relationship with your daughter?", I asked cautiously.
"Of course not! Just as long as you treat her properly, I think we'll be a-okay!", Beethoven smiled, slapping my back.
"You have nothing to fear, Mr. Harmony! I'll take very good care of Rachel!", I smiled.
After they left, Rachel smiled and said, "I'm proud of you, Dearest! You made a really great first impression!"
"Really?", I asked with hope.
"Really.", she grinned, kissing my snout, "You were raised raised on an apple orchard, right?"
"Yes.", I replied, trying to see where she was going with that.
"So I figured you would know...is Ananasrenette a type of apple?", she asked.
"Yes, it's one of my favorites, good as apple butter!", I smiled.
"Good, I figured it would be the perfect name for our daughter!", Rachel said with satisfaction.
"Wait, what?"
"You'll see..."
"And that's how you got your name!", Nick smiled at his daughter, after recalling that certain memory.
"Wait, so your father in law thought you were a stuffed animal?", Lyra exclaimed, that being the only thing she brought from Nick's story.
"Lyra! Is that the only thing you took away from that story?", Bon Bon groaned, facehoofing herself.
"Maybe?"
"Well, we better get back home! Tavi and the kids are probably finished with their nap. We've been here an hour!", Nick smiled, putting a sleepy Ananasrenette on his back, "And it looks like you need one."
So they all went home, and had apple muffins with Tido, then Ananasrenette had a nap.
