orchidia would rather not be a changeling, so she disguises herself as a pony. she studies magic in celestia’s school for gifted unicorns to become a high level unicorn (kinda like college level, not where twilight first started lol).
through her dreams, queen chrysalis reaches out to her. taunting her until she can’t even rest. it semi-brainwashes her into relaying classified information she learns at celestia’s school in exchange for her own peace.
she doesn’t want to be inherently evil, but she can’t figure out how to make this stop (luna has no idea this is happening, kinda like it’s blocked out through a spell).
credit for color palette inspiration!