"So, Nebula, how should you treat a noble who has given you a remark that is derogatory to you, but is subtle about it?"
"Deck him or her in the face," I answered with a shrug as I sat on my desk, only to have Gala frown at me.
"Nebula, that is completely unlike a lady to do, not to mention how mean it is to even consider that as an option," Gala reprimanded, as I looked to the side, where I saw Sunset reading a book with a smirk on her face while Rainbow was sprawled on the couch, where she was snoring rather loudly.
Returning my attention to Gala, I said, "Fine, I'll go to the nearest guard and order them to deck the noble in the face for me," I replied, causing Gala to let out a sigh.
"Nebula, princesses don't simply go about attacking other ponies. Do you know how badly that would affect your reputation?" Gala asked with a stern look.
Rubbing my chin, I responded, "Well, depends on if you're talking about my overall reputation or my Equestrian one. For the first one, it would suit me being one that's not in the mood to deal with those that seek to insult me, the other is just becoming like my standard reputation," as I lean back against my chair as Gala facehoofed at my answer.
"Nebula, such a reputation would lead to ponies either fearing you or despising you, to the point that they may begin to hate you and seek to remove you from power," Gala stated, causing me to roll my eyes at her.
"It's not like I'm seeking a position of power, far from it. I rather have as small of a role in government as possible, if I have to have one in the first place. I could even be somepony that is sent to take care of problems in a violent manner," I countered with a shrug, causing Gala to frown at me.
"But you're an alicorn princess. Even if you don't desire to have a major role in the government, your mere presence can carry repercussions. If ponies see you as a violent and rude alicorn, some may seek to emulate your actions. This could extend to foals as well, so do you want to be responsible for a surge of foals acting out like violent miscreants?" Gala asked, raising an eyebrow at me before she continued on. "If I'm not mistaken, you don't desire to be a bad influence on foals your age, yet you don't have to be near them in order to be one to them."
Frowning, I said, "I can't believe you got me there, nice one." Gala then started to taking on a bit of a smug smile, until I continued, "Not that it's going to affect me too much. You're still not going to make me a proper prim Princess like Celestia would like me to be."
Letting out a sigh, Gala stated, "Why don't you want to be like your mother and aunt? You could even bring etiquette to this organization of yours by being a prime example of what a noble should act like if they're as rough as you are."
Scratching my chin, I idly replied, "That's not going to happen. We may be in the same organization, but we hardly care about each other. Furthermore, I've seen enough of the high-class act to know it's not my thing. So cut your losses at just making me behave in public."
"Well, at least it's something," Gala sighed with a roll of her eyes before adopting a stern look. "However, if you don't learn to act as one of your station, the nobility would surely dislike you and make your life miserable."
"Not if I bribe them not to," I countered, rubbing a hoof against my chest before inspecting it for no good reason at all.
Rainbow blinked, saying, "She has a point, Gala. She's a princess, so she's got to be loaded."
"You're wrong about that, Rainbow. The princesses can't spend the state treasury on a whim. Instead, they are given a monthly stipend for their own personal expenses, so I think your idea of bribing the nobility isn't going to work since you would just be given an allowance similar to a normal foal, Nebula," Sunset declared with grin, only for it to fade when I raised an eyebrow at her.
"You're assuming that I would be reliant on my mother's role as one of the two ruling princesses. Instead, I'll rely on my own wealth," I said as I open a portal, sticking a hoof into it before pulling it back, where I was hanging onto a single gold coin as I tossed it at Sunset, who caught it with her magic as she inspected it while the other two just watched her. "I'm not certain on how money works here in this world, so how about you tell me how much that coin is worth here."
"This... is solid gold! This coin alone is worth a hundred bits!" Sunset exclaimed, causing the other two to snapper their heads to me with their pupils widen at the revelation. "Just... how many of these coins you got?"
Shrugging, I answered, "I'm not certain, but I know that I have at least enough to fill this room," causing the trio to gape at me in shock.
"You're... loaded‽" Rainbow shouted as she slapped her hooves to the side of her head before her eyes brighten as she flew right over to me as she said, "Hey, is there any chance that you could give your retainer a bonus?" as she flashed me a smile.
Before I could even give Rainbow a response, I felt a pair of hooves grabbing my face as it was turned towards a manic Gala. "Is it possible that you have some jewels along with your gold?" she asked as she shivered while waiting for my answer.
"Umm... yes? I think there's a stash of gems mixed in with the gold. Don't know how much, never had a good time to track just how much I have," I answered, only to have Gala release my face before slapping her hooves to her cheeks in excitement.
"Oh my stars! If you have at least a tenth the amount of gems as you have gold, imagine all the dresses I could design with that amount alone!" Gala exclaimed while Sunset shook her head as she gave me a look of skepticism.
"Wait a minute, where do you keep all this treasure that you claim to have?" Sunset asked.
Giving Sunset a flat stare, I answered, "Isn't it obvious? On another world."
"Hah, I like to see some proof. There's no way you can have that much wealth sitting around on another world, even if you're a Dimensional Lord," Sunset declared.
"If you don't believe me, how about I just bring us there?" I asked as I pointed a hoof at the wall, where a much larger portal appeared, a swirling purple vortex with a black center. "Just hop in and enjoy the ride to a dive into a mound of gold! Well, not really, but since I'm still recovering, it's going to be a bit of tumble on the way through."
As I took a step towards the portal, Gala asked, "Umm... is it safe to go through?"
Letting out a chuckle, I answered, "It's perfectly safe, the worst that could happen is you get a bit dizzy. I'll even go through first and catch anypony that comes after me." As the trio glanced at one another, I rolled my eyes before I declared, "See you on the other side!" as I jumped through the portal before any of them could do a thing about it.
"Gah, gold tastes disgusting! Why did I have my mouth open when I went through that portal?" I said as I brushed off the gold off my tongue with my hands. Immediately after going through the portal, I ended up crashing head first into a pile of gold, where I ended up with a hooffu—wait a minute, I got hands again? Looking at said hands, I saw that I indeed had them, albeit they were small blue hands that look like they belong to a child. Inspecting my body, I saw that I was in bipedal pony form, wearing some black pants, a white shirt, and a rather long black jacket with some purple trimming. "Hmm... well... this is unex—" I started to say before I hear a few shrieks as the sound of three bodies colliding into piles of gold can be heard.
Rolling my eyes, I played around with my fingers, due to missing them, until I heard Rainbow saying, "What the buck? What happ—"
"Oh sweet Celestia! I'm naked!" Sunset shrieked, interrupting Rainbow as I decided to turn my head after hearing that, where I caught a rather surprising sight.
"Umm... not to be rude, but we're always naked... though, this change is surprising. Especially these things on our... chests and these things on the end of our legs," Gala stated as she inspected said 'things', drawing my attention to her, where I instantly resisted the urge to let out a wolf whistle.
"Don't touch those and go back through the portal now!" Sunset declared as she tried to cover herself.
"But Gala is right, Sunset. We're normally na—" I started to reply until Sunset grabbed the collar of my jacket.
"I said back through the portal!" Sunset yelled as she tossed me through the portal, though it led to her compromising the hand that was covering her rack, giving me a clear view of them as I went through the portal.
"I... you... how dare you do that to us!" Sunset yelled at me, her face red while I looked to the side. It was only a couple minutes after everypony got through the portal when Sunset immediately took to blaming me for all that happened over at the other side. "You... are an utter pervert!"
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down Sunset! I don't know what got your tail in a knot, but how is Nebula a pervert?" Rainbow asked as Gala was just tapping her chin in thought.
"Cause we were naked while she wasn't!" Sunset screamed as she pointed a hoof at me. Before she could do any more yelling at me, I decided to put a stop to it by stuffing a hoof into her mouth.
"Sunset, shut your trap. I wasn't expecting us to experience a change in our bodies after going through the portal," I stated before removing my hoof.
At my declaration, Sunset's furious expression dissipated a bit as she asked, "Then why were you're clothed and we weren't?"
"Well, it's probably due to my dimensional abilities. Maybe it clothed in my body after the transformation, since I occasionally have clothes appear on me in a fashion similar to my weapons, but apparently, it doesn't extend to anyone else that comes with me," I answered with a shrug.
"Augh, typical," Sunset declared with an eye roll, but this was when Gala decided to end her silence as she opened her mouth.
"Umm... Sunset, since you appeared to be familiar with our forms, can you tell us why you were freaking out over us being naked?" Gala asked, causing Sunset's pupils to widen as she looked to me for help.
"Sorry Sunset, you're on your own since you brought this up," I simply replied as I hopped onto a couch before lying down to watch the fireworks that were going to occur soon.
"But... you're the one th—" Sunset started before I decided to interrupt her.
"As I said earlier, I didn't saw that coming. So you will do all the explanation, and if you think this is unfair, then think of this as a task assigned to you by me. So chop chop! Get to explaining everything to those two," I said with a clap of my hooves, a smile coming to my face as Sunset let out a long-suffering groan.
"I so hate you."
"Aww, I love you too. But you're still going to tell them, so get to it already."