Mouthy Babies and Muffins

A few months later, the children were up and about running all over Sweet Apple Acres. Doray had somehow found a knack for climbing up the trees and hiding in them, Mifa had the tendency to use her flame breath to fry apples and eat them, Sola liked to put apples in odd places, and Tido was just...Tido. Nick and Octavia had to constantly watch them, thus leaving out time for Ananasrenette. By now, most fillies would start to feel a twang of jealousy, but not Ananasrenette! She enjoyed being a big sister, especially when it involved playing with them. Her favorite was Tido, because he looked exactly like her father, he acted a lot like him sometimes. Tido was the only one of the bunch who never pulled any stunts, nor did anything out of the ordinary. That was until one day...

"Ananasrenette? Can you play with Tido for a minute?", Nick asked, Octavia had taken the other three to a play date, and for some reason, Tido didn't want to go, so he stayed home with Nick and Ananasrenette, and Nick was going to make his and Octavia's bed and the crib.

"Sure thing, Pop! Where's Little Tiddy? There he is!", Ananasrenette smiled, beginning to play peekaboo with the infant Luck Dragon.

"Please, my name is Tido. Honestly, if you're going to call me something, at least do so by my proper title.", the cub said in a highbrow accent, much to Ananasrenette's surprise.

"Uhhh...Auntie AJ? Can you come here really quickly?", she stammered, Applejack being in the other room.

"What is it, Sugarcube?", Applejack asked, walking into the room.

"Tido talked!", Ananasrenette exclaimed, pointing to Tido.

"Well, shucks! I wouldn't be surprised! He's getting around that age.", Applejack smiled, patting Tido's head.

"Yes, well as nice as that feels, I'm rather dry, so could you be so kind as to fetch me a bottle of cider? Shaken not stirred.", Tido smiled, sounding like James Bond (I don't own James Bond either, in case you were wondering!)

Applejack gasped, "N...N...Nick!"

"What is it?", he asked,rushing into the room.

"I think your son is possessed! He's sitting here talking like a noble pony from Canterlot!", Applejack exclaimed.

"Oh, that. It was bound to happen, I did the same thing when I was his age.", Nick grinned.

"Really, I don't see what all the fuss is about, so I can talk, so can you.", Tido said calmly, he had somehow gotten a hold of some muffins.

"How ya can calmly sit there and eat muffins under this circumstance is beyond me! You seem perfectly heartless!", Applejack exclaimed.

"Well you don't expect me to eat them in an agitated manner, the butter would get on my fur, you have to eat them calmly, that's the only way you eat muffins.", Tido replied calmly, "Also when I'm unhappy, I like to eat, but when I'm in great trouble, ask anyone who knows me personally, I only take food and drink. At the present moment, I'm unhappy, plus, I like muffins."

"That's no excuse for you to gobble them all up like that!", Applejack retorted, grabbing some muffins and eating them.

"Have some hay cakes? I don't like hay cakes!", Tido exclaimed.

"Oh, I suppose one grows his own muffins in his own orchard?", Applejack asked.

"You said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins.", he smiled.

"I said it perfectly heartless of you to eat muffins in the current situation, the one where you're not even a year old yet, and you could probably give a speech! That's a totally different thing!", Applejack flared.

"That maybe so, but they're still the same muffins.", Tido grinned.

Applejack started to say something, but left the room fuming.

"Oh my, I think I should go apologize.", Tido frowned.

"After your nap, Mom's home.", Nick smiled as he picked Tido up as they went to greet Octavia.