For months now, Twilight Sparkle has been studying the mysterious energies emanating from Canterlot High School, but when she visits the school herself they turn out to be stranger than she ever imagined. Things take a turn for the worst when she is pressured to release the magic she has captured.

What she doesn't know is that she is soon to learn what it means to be the dimenional counterpart of a changeling queen.

A retelling of the events of EQG 3 and their aftemath set in the Hive-Continuity by law abiding pony. Set partway through the events of For the Hive.