Much time has passed for the changeling Habeas Brittle since he settled down on the peach farm with the pony love of his life. However, not all is too well, as an uneasy question plagues his mind. And he's not the only one going through a crisis.
Habeas Brittle, a carefree changeling who left his hive, is attacked by a grim figure as he wanders through the Canterlot countryside. Wounded greatly in the scuffle, he is found and cared for by a filly belonging to a widowed mare with a dark past.
Following the changeling invasion of Canterlot, Chauffeur, a pony of great misfortune, finds himself trapped in the changeling hive under the care of a kind drone named Lacewing. In her efforts to keep him hidden she does something drastic to him.