What thoughts went through Princess Cadence's head when she banished the changelings that fateful day in Canterlot? Nopony knows, but that hardly matters now. Following the changelings' expulsion from Canterlot, their race suffered a catastrophic loss of life, their population reduced to less than 5% of what it had been. Their troubles were not at an end, however. For after its near defeat to the changelings, the nation of Equestria enacted in an aggressive policy to eradicate the last few that remain.
In this tale, follow the survivors of the failed invasion in their final actions and moments, and take a glimpse into the machinations of the Changeling Hive Mind.