The Luck Dragon's Melody

A few weeks later, Nick and Octavia were sitting in their porch swing, watching Cloudburst play with the kids, while Ananasrenette was getting ready to go on her date with Cloudburst.

She finally came out in a beautiful dress Rarity had made for her and smiled, "What do you think?"

Cloudburst's jaw dropped, Octavia beamed, and Nick smiled.

"I think you look great! Are you ready to go? I can't believe this is going to be our last date as boyfriend and girlfriend!", Cloudburst grinned.

Nick couldn't believe his ears, "You're not dumping him, are you!?!?", he exclaimed, looking at Ananasrenette.

Ananasrenette laughed, "No, Dad....look!", she showed him a shiny gold bracelet on her right hoof, "Cloudburst proposed to me yesterday. We'll be getting married....with your blessing of course!"

Nick beamed and looked at them, "It's about damn time! I've been waiting for you to ask for my blessing for a while now!"

Octavia smiled, while giving Nick a stern glare, "Language, honey. We don't want the kids picking up new words...as for you two...I'm so happy for you! When do you have the wedding planned?"

"Well, we figured about 6 months from now would do.", Cloudburst replied, nuzzling Ananasrenette.

"Well, I think that would be splendid! That shall give us enough time to make preparations for this joyous occasion!", Tido said, scratching behind his ears.

Doray, who was very simple minded, asked Octavia, "What did he say?"

Octavia smiled, "He said it's a good idea, Doray. Now, you two should get going on your date!"

"Okay, we'll be going, thanks for taking this really well, Dad.", Ananasrenette grinned, hugging Nick tightly before they left.

After they left, Octavia noticed Nick had tears running down his face.

"Are you okay, Bravey?", she asked.

"I'm fine....I'm just so proud.....", Nick sniffed, wiping his tears away.

"You did good raising your daughter, Bravey. Rachel would be proud of you.", she smiled, nuzzling him.

"She would be, but I don't wanna take too much credit for it. You helped too!", he replied, nuzzling her back.

"Oh, Bravey! You're so modest!", Octavia laughed.

Mifa came up, the wind running through her thick Luck Dragon fur, and smiled, "Daddy! Come play tag with us!"

"Oh, alright! Who's it?", Nick grinned, kissing his daughter's forehead.

"You are!", she beamed, booping his nose and running away.

Nick quickly recovered from the shock and started chasing Mifa and the others, "Huh? What? I'm coming to get you!!!"

A few hours later, Applejack was sitting out under a tree with her brother, Nick, talking and looking at the stars, while Octavia put the kids to bed.

"I can't believe that our very own Ananasrenette is getting hitched! And you're letting her? Are you sure you're feeling okay? I mean, I'm happy for Ananasrenette and Cloudburst, but this doesn't seem like you....", she said, looking at her oldest brother in concern.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just doing what you said I had to: I'm letting go.....", Nick sighed, tears slowly streaming down his face as he put his paw over his heart, "It shouldn't be like this, AJ..... I feel happy....yet it hurts in here so much.....like....I don't know!"

Applejack put her hoof around him and smiled, "It's okay, Nick. It's just the growing pains of a father who loves his daughter very much...it seems terrible at first, but eventually it'll get better."

He laughed, "I guess it won't be long before I'm a grandpa....as if I didn't feel old enough already!"

Ananasrenette and Cloudburst came back from their date and walked over to them.

"Are you SURE you're alright with this, Dad?", Ananasrenette asked, worry in her eyes.

"Of course I'm okay! Why does everyone always think I'm so sensitive! I am the mighty Golden Guardian! King of the Dragons!", Nick exclaimed, standing up and puffing his chest out.

"Uhh...Mr. B......isn't that the Dragon Lord's job?", Cloudburst asked.

"Oh.....um.....Then I'm King of the Orchard!", he stuttered, regaining his composure.

"Sola won that award a few months ago.....", Applejack added.

"Doh! Then.....umm......I'm...."

"My dad. And nothing is ever going to change that! I love you, Daddy!", Ananasrenette said, putting a hoof on his mouth before hugging him tightly.

Nick beamed, hugging her back, as he pulled in Cloudburst, "I love you too, My Little Ananasrenette. You too, Cloudburst! Come here!"

And so.....they went off to bed, end of chapter.

"Wait a minute! I didn't show up in this chapter!", Corkscrew exclaimed.

You did now, but don't worry, you'll show up in the next chapter, and share a trequel with Nick! Oops! Did I say that out loud?

"You blew it!!!!"