A thunderstorm is raging outside of the hive. Thorax decides to invite the hive for a sleepover inside the cafeteria. But when a cake is brought out, Thorax and Pharynx go to war for it. A comfy war at that.
Before the formation of the Pillars, who brought ponykind into safety with their virtues and power, Equestria was a fractured land. The apex hunters of this world, full of creatures desperately clinging to life, were the Changelings.
After being left behind in the badlands after her expedition is attacked by a dangerous monster, Twilight Sparkle must survive a hostile, alien environment. Lucky for her, she has some help from one of the natives: A curious changeling named Thorax.
Returning from Hoofington, Twilight Sparkle discovers that there are already changelings living in Ponyville, and must decide not only what to do with them, but must confront herself and the kind of Princess she intends to be.
The current Queen Chrysalis has been wounded beyond the healing a good feeding provides. So she invites Discord over, to perform a spell he has been helping with for centuries. Will the new Queen be able to handle the pressure? Or will she fail?
Forced to leave her peaceful hometown and flee for her life alongside a mysterious orphan filly named Primrose, New Equestrian war-veteran Scarlet Frost will have to use every resource at her disposal just to stay alive.
A wise mare once said, "Treat others as you would like to be treated." But what if that pony (or in Applejack and Apple Bloom's case, changeling) tried to do you harm?
Why did the changeling army choose to invade Canterlot during Princess Cadence and Shining Armor’s wedding? The answer can be found in a chance meeting between Queen Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon, back at the Summer Sun Celebration …
A simple drone "accidentally" failed to leave the Badlands hive for the invasion to Canterlot. He was only two weeks old, one of the clutch specifically created to break through the protective shield. Now starving, he's just trying to survive.
All Chrysalis wanted was what any mother wants - to build her brood into an irresistible insectile horde, and to seize the world for her beloved family. The only thing standing in her way was... family.