His wife dead, Shining Armor writes his friends and family a note. His Final Thoughts.

Life can be difficult in the new, aware of possible Changelings,
Equestria, with double the amount of guards patrolling the streets.
I can tell you my secrets of how to remain undetected in this dark new Equestria with this journal.
If you find this, tell any other Changelings what you have read.
We must survive in this world, And I will not let the Changeling race become extinct.
Even if it costs me my life...

You're never too young to learn something new.

With computers becoming a new hit in Equestria, Twilight and Spike travel back to Canterlot so that she can learn all she can about these new devices and how they work. Meeting the colorful staff and students, Twilight slowly starts to learn that not all problems can be solved with a solution in the book.

Maybe she should try a video tutorial.

It's a night at the bar for the Elements of Harmony. Rarity tries to find a drink suitably classy for herself and ends up presenting Twilight with an interesting proposition.

Originally written for the Thirty Minute Ponies prompt #223: Lips like wine, a tongue like honey.
This is presented in a revised form, as there some rather obvious problems with the original writing. I suppose that's what writing a story in 30 minutes will do to you.