Unable to bear the weight of her secret transformation, and the risks she caused other ponies, Dash fakes her own death with magic, even fooling Twilight, and takes refuge in the Everfree, after also witnessing her own funeral. She changes her name to Spectrum, and comes face to face with Chrysalis, who forgives the broken pegasus for her past. She accepts her into the hive, where thousands of changelings live. Unfortunately, now she has to face her friends again, and find out, once and for all, is she Spectrum or Rainbow Dash?