Shepherd wakes up to Chewie growling. Shepherd grabs his pistol from under his pillow and sits up. He looks out the window.

Chewie is standing there, a terrified photographer pony in his teeth.

Shepherd: "Chewie... I do appreciate you guarding me, but you need sleep too!"

Chewie releases the Reporter from his jaws, but holds him in his claws.

Chewie: "Rawr!"

Shepherd: "Yes I know you're mainly nocturnal... Well as long as you're getting enough rest, thank you."

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So I got stuck writing the last chapter due to wanting to show more scenes of Shiny and Cadance on a normal date but with the complications presented by her being a now well known member of royalty being followed around by Ponyrazzi. Let's see which pieces of research have inspired me the most the past few weeks....

'The Royal We' By Heather Cook

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