Here a random what if Queen Chrysalis was the one that been controlling the map the whole time and her changelings drone were sort of acting as a spy to send message to Chrysalis of where she need to send the main 6.

if chrysalis was ever depicted as this intelligent odds are it would result in her being good enough to never get caught doing it. There are several reasons she could be doing this and the most plausible one, despite not being my favorite, would mean she is gaming the pony love production to support her hive