//------------------------------// // The Royal Budget // Story: Itty-Bitty Bite Size Stories // by gallagsp the corgi //------------------------------// Four Alicorns sat around the table. The youngest one sat flipping through a stack of papers and writing down notes and numbers on a notepad. The other three sat quietly and waited for her to finish. "Alright." Twilight Sparkle said, setting down her pen. "As you know, as part of my royal duties, Celestia so graciously put me in charge of all the budget work. And thanks to that wonderfully thought out decision, i've discovered a few things. Let's start with you, Celestia." "What ever are you talking about, Twilight? I gave you an important position, and I spend my portion of the budget carefully." Celestia said, a bored look on her face. "Right, because you put so much thought into purchasing a golden tiolet to go inside your golden toilet. And what about that gem encrusted throne carried around by those foreign stallions? Bet you were up for days trying to decide on such an important decision." "She got you there, aunty." Cadance said, trying to hide her smirk. Celestia gave her an angry glare but said nothing. "Oh, Cadance, here's your cut of the budget, better than Celestia's, I'll give you that, with fewer personal purchases, and I like that you put a good portion of your personal funds toward inproving the Crystal Empire, but do you really need that many bedroom related toys for you and Shining Armor? I don't even want to think about that." "Kinky." Luna said, pearing over Twilight's shoulder to read off the list. "I see you took my advice on the fuzzy hoofcuffs." Twilight rolled her eyes. "Luna, you are by far the most impressive. Glad to see you are donating over a million bits toward charity with each of your allowances, that's almost 25 percent." "Well, I do my best to help the country." "And the other 75 percent was spent on comic books, video games, and cartoons." "ITS MANGA AND ANIME!" Luna yelled. "There's a difference!" "Whatever." Twilight said. "Now, are we going to improve our spending to get things that actually matter?" "Yes, Twilight." The others said. "Good. Meeting adjured." Twilight said, making her way out of the room. "So should I cancel that order on the gold toilet to go inside the gold toilet inside the gold toilet then?" Celestia said, tapping her hooves together nervously. "WHY DO YOU NEED SO MANY GOLDEN TOILETS?" Twilight yelled from down the hall.