A few hours later Twilight's friends were sitting around the map in her house. She just finished explaining in detail the request as well as had a copy of the scroll in front of each of them. She had decided to reschedule her other meetings for later in the day as she was already far behind and this was important... Spike was probably in recess by now, her mind strangely wondered.

Applejack eyed the scroll with disdain, "So Mayor Mare wants us to become fancy-fied nobles. Sorry Twilight but I don't think I'm really cut out for that,"

Rarity scoffed, "Oh Applejack don't let yourself miss out on the opportunity. If nothing else think of what being a Governess will do for your family business. You'll be selling apple confectionaries all across Equestria,"

"I already sell all across Equestria," AJ informed, "I got an agreement with Filthy Rich,"

Rarity shook her head, "I promise you dear it will be great for business. You went to sell apples at the Grand Galloping Gala in order to increase your client base,"

"And look how that turned out."

"My point is as a governess you will have all those doors opened to you automatically. You're sales will easily increase three fold by the end of the year,"

AJ blinked, "You think so,"

"I know so darling. You might not even be nearly as dependent on Filthy Rich as you could start selling to other large companies as well."

"I don't know about that. The Riches and Apples have been doing business since Grannie was a filly."

"You would still be doing business with him of course but you'd also be selling to a lot of other ponies as well,"

Applejack sighed, "I suppose it couldn't hurt. I just ain't like the idea of having to rub elbows with all those snobs. Having to go to the Gala was bad enough."

Rarity dismissed, "Trust me darling it will be magnificent."

Twilight assured, "You'll all be compensated as well,"

Rainbow Dash blinked, "Compensated? for getting to be kick ass royalty?"

Twilight sighed, "Being a Governess comes with a lot of responsibility, not just from you but from your family and future generations. It's customary to give the families enough money to support themselves. Governesses have an average salary of twenty thousand bits a month"

The entire room grew quiet before Rainbow Dash screamed, "I'm RICH!"

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Normally that money is gotten from collected Taxes but if we do this the private vault in the Castle will become the town treasury. Money from taxes will go in there and everything else in Ponyville will be paid for through it. I'll have to set up a smaller vault and just pay myself a monthly check out of the castle's vault instead of just buying everything I please like I have been doing... Mayor Mare suggested keeping taxes as a matter of 'Sales Tax' and 'Business Tax' exclusively so we aren't charging ponies more money then they can afford to buy,"

AJ shrugged, "I don't know Twilight, those business taxes are a mite high. Half of what I make goes into taxes,"

"Same here," Rarity nodded.

Pinkie shrugged "Come on they have to get their money from somewhere. And if you didn't give so many bits too the government how could I afford to pay for all those parties?"

Rainbow Dash gaped, "You mean our TAXES pay for your parties,"

Pinkie shrugged, "Well I am the town's party pony. I try to keep things fun but simple so not to take too much money out of the treasury,"

Twilight shrugged, "With how a pony's mood can effect the environment around her it's important to keep them happy. Why wouldn't taxes be used to pay for morale maintenance?"

Dash groaned, "So that meant my birthiversary must have taken a lot out of the Treasury," she moped.

Pinkie shrugged, "Well no, Cheese Sandwich is a certified party pony. He gets funding from Celestia herself to be used at his discretion as he throws parties all around the country. Best. Job. EVER!" she cheered.

Pinkie continued, "I get a small salary from the city as a government employee but I have to work a second job at Sugarcube Corner. Luckily they let me live in a spare bedroom as part of my paycheck. All the party stuff comes out of the treasury so I don't actually have to pay for any of that myself.

"There are over ten thousand ponies living in Ponyville and I have to plan parties for each one of their birthdays, big ones for when the foals earn their Cutie Marks, not to mention the holidays and festivals. I could never afford all that on my own, but like I said I try to keep everything on a strict budget so I don't impact the treasury too much.

"Parties are great but the Treasury also pays for the hospital's upkeep, the city wide health insurance policy, the school house, other government employees and offices, and stuff like that. I don't want to be taking their money."

Dash was staring at Pinkie. With how much of an airhead the pink Earth Pony could be, it was easy to forget sometimes that she was not only considerate but really smart.

"Wait a minute!" Pinkie suddenly gaped, "If we do this whole Governess thing won't that mean I'll be working THREE jobs!?"

Twilight calmed, "Honestly all a governess really does is advice their Princess or Mayor, which you gals already do. It just be giving you an official title... and a nice salary," she assured.

"Oh, Okay I'm in," Pinkie bounced.

Twilight looked around at the others.

AJ sighed, "Yeah I guess I'm in too,"

Rarity smiled, "This will be fabulous darlings, just wait and see,"

Rainbow Dash grinned, "You bet I'm in,"

Twilight looked over at the last member of their group, "Fluttershy, you've been pretty quiet,"

"It's just..." the yellow Pegasus tried to explain. Then choked back her nerves, "I suppose I could give it a try if everyone else is," this sounded like a lot of responsibility and she didn't know if she was really cut out for it. She had made great strides these past few years but to become a legitimate pony in authority? It was a lot to take in but if she had her friends with her she could manage.

"Then it's settled," Twilight smiled, "Now we just need to go through every detail of this request letter and make adjustments where we see fit, SPIKE!" she called. Then blushed when she remembered Spike was at school. She noticed her friends were looking at her funny. She cleared her throat and said, "Let's get started."