Chrysalis has never left the badlands where the Changelings dig their hives. She's never even seen any hive besides her own. But when her mother, Queen Monarch, sends her undercover to live in Canterlot, she finds herself tangled up in a life she never wanted, falling in love and making friends. But things are not so simple. The changelings are starving, and constantly warring with one another. Can Chrysalis unite all the changeling hives into one army to take on Canterlot? Or will she chose to protect her newfound friends instead?