Cabbage Patch is the Queen of the Changelings, as much as she hates to admit it. She thought her job would be simple: demonstrate how to live among ponies without stealing identities or love, step in to apply discipline every now and then, and then leave the Changelings to govern themselves or, failing that last point, turn Chrysalis into the kind of Queen the Changelings will accept back.

The problem is, for a race of shapeshifters, Changelings are agonizingly slow about learning new tricks. They’re also not quiet about their disdain for their old Queen. The fact that Equestria is still rife with Changeling paranoia and prejudice doesn’t help matters. Keeping the Changeling race, and the theater company that employs most of the hive, alive has become a full-time job for Cabbage, who wants nothing more than to have a low-maintenance life.

Even with Lorekeeper Turnip faithfully at her side and the political machinations of Princess Luna behind her, is Cabbage destined to set a new record for shortest Changeling Queen reign ever?