After her departure from Ponyville when she visited Rainbow Dash, Gilda hasn't changed her ways and in fact only refined and sharpened her ways to become 20% uncooler. Noticing RD's massively improved speed after her transformation to the Storm Spirit, Gilda cockily rushed in to the still malfunctioning weather center in Cloudsdale where instead of gaining new power of her own was treated with a nasty shock. After being recuperated back to health, Gilda burned in envy at Rainbow Dash's new found speed which spurred the griffon to great lengths to attain that speed by going through the deadly Ghastly Gorge. Like Rainbow Dash, Gilda soon found out that speeding through the Ghastly Gorge at a record pace was near impossible due to all of the monsters and rock slides that occur. In her rage she decided to fight the monsters only to get pummeled and beaten to an inch of her life. Suddenly, the scar on Gilda's face from her ordeal in Cloudsdale erupted and engulfed her body in fire. Realizing her new change, Gilda tested it out by bashing and destroying all the monsters in the gorge. By utilizing her improved speed, she is able to hit harder than ever before and with her new found flames, she can disappear and reappear right behind her target. Wanting to further test her new powers, Gilda charges toward Rainbow Dash, chasing the storm to the ends of the world.