The sun rose up into the sky despite Princess Celestia not being able to see it. After over 1,000 years of sun raising, she knows exactly where and when to raise it. The ponies of Ponyville wake up to attend to their daily tasks like always despite the darkness that covers the land.
"GOOD MORNING!" Ashes came bursting through the door and into the kitchen to see Starlight making breakfast.
"Agh...you're killing my ears!" Sparx's ears now ache with an unpleasant ringing added to it.
"Good morning, Miss Starlight." Gust and his brothers then took their seats to wait for breakfast.
"Good morning, guys. I hope you've all slept well." Starlight was nearly finished making toast, muffins, and waffles when she noticed Chilly wasn't present.
"Where is Chilly?"
"Probably still sleeping like a fil-WHAT THE FXXX?!" Sparx then noticed a really fatigued Chilly walk into the kitchen. Chilly was so tired, he looked like he was half dead.
"Good morning...." Chilly clumsily entered the kitchen and took his seat. He laid his head on the table and gave a deep yawn.
"Chilly, are you okay? You don't look so good." Gust was concerned.
"ARE YOU SICK?! DO YOU NEED MEDICINE?! STARLIGHT, GET MEDICINE!"
"Nah bro, I'm fine.... Just a little....tired." Chilly had bags under his eyes. He did not look fine at all.
"Chilly, maybe you should stay in bed for today. You can't go out like this." Starlight had just finished making breakfast and walked up to Chilly to see if he was alright.
"Ah...you're a sweet heart, Starlight. I propose...a toast to your kindness." Chilly gave a tired chuckle at his awful joke. The others were not impressed.
"Damn dude...that sucked!" Starlight gave an annoyed sigh at Sparx's rude comment.
"Yeah, that was pretty bad.... Maybe you should stay in bed after all. It might do you some good." Gust urged Chilly to do so out of concern.
"YEAH! LET US DO THE WORK TODAY!"
Chilly sighed as got out of his seat and said, "Alright then.... Guess I shou-" Suddenly, Chilly's legs gave out and he just dropped to the floor like a bag of bricks.
"Chilly...!"
"BRO...!"
"What the fxxx?!" The Spellbind Brothers were shocked to see Chilly just drop like that. They scrambled to get check and see if he was alright. Chilly had passed out cold.
"Guys, don't panic! Take him to his room while I go get a doctor!" Starlight then teleported to the doctor's office to do so while the Spellbind Brothers took Chilly to his room.
"Chilly, what's wrong?! Please say something...!" Gust was so scared he began to cry. Hoping for Chilly's health.
"IT'S OKAY! DON'T PANIC! HE'S GONNA BE FINE!" Ashes was panicking anyway.
"Shut up and help me carry him, you idiots!" Sparx began to carry Chilly into his room with his brothers helping. They took him to his room and began waiting for Starlight to return with a doctor. Just as they grew more and more worried, they then see Starlight run to Chilly's room with a doctor. He was a brown Pegasus stallion with light-brown tail and mane, and his Cutie Mark was a black bag with a red cross on it. He wore glasses and a white coat.
"Guys, we're here...! He's going to have a look on Chilly!"
"Yes, I am Doctor Patches. Is he in-"
"Get in there already...!" Sparx quickly interrupted the doctor to magically send the doctor into the room along with his equipment.
"Sparx, you need to calm down...!" Starlight noticed the Spellbind Brothers were panicking.
"I can't calm down! I'm freaking the fxxx out over here!"
"Please be alright, Chilly...!"
"WE NEED TO STAY CALM!" The Spellbind Brothers were going crazy from an increasing fear for their brother. Starlight did her best to keep them under control while the doctor examined Chilly's health. After a while, Doctor Patches stepped out of the room with his equipment.
"How is he?!"
"We'll he be alright?!"
"IS HE ALIVE?!" The Spellbind Brothers were still panicking. Doctor Patches was getting pressured. Suddenly, they were then sent flying across the hallway by Starlight's magic to keep them from overwhelming.
"I'm so sorry for all of this. They're just scared." Starlight was also quite concerned for Chilly's health.
Doctor Patches adjusted his glasses and replied, "It's quite alright, Miss Starlight. As for Chilly, he's fine. No injuries or anything. Although, he seems to be suffering from some rather unpleasant insomnia. From my examination, it appears he hasn't been sleeping for several days. Has he been under any stress lately? Has his eating habits changed at all lately?"
"Um...what's insomnia?" Gust and his brothers got back up, hoping for an answer.
"It's when a pony has a hard time sleeping. It's hard to say what really causes insomnia, but it can be dangerous to a pony's health."
"IS THERE A CURE?! THERE HAS TO BE...!"
"No, there isn't. Insomnia isn't a sickness. It's just something a pony goes through in life. It can't be cured by medicine."
"Then what the fxxx are we supposed to do?! Wait for him to wake up?!" The Spellbind Brothers were starting to panic again.
"CALM DOWN!" Doctor Patches had enough of their panic attack. His outburst silenced all three of them. Even Starlight was silent. He then adjusted his glasses again.
"I understand that you're concerned for your brother's health. But you three panicking isn't going to help anything. All you have to do right now is wait for him to wake up. He is fine. He just needs rest right now. Just be patient." Doctor Patches then began to leave the hallway and head back to his office.
"Have a good day." He said as he left. Starlight and the Spellbind Brothers had nothing else to do but wait as the doctor instructed. They then went back to the kitchen to eat breakfast. But after what just happened, none of them could take a bite. Even Starlight lost her appetite. They just sat there looking at their breakfast all worried.
"Maybe...maybe you guys should go out and get some fresh air. It'll clear your heads. I'll leave your breakfast here when you get back. I'll look after Chilly." The Spellbind Brothers couldn't really say anything, so they just left the castle to do so. Unfortunately, they were still quite worried.
"Hey...uh...I have a...um...thing to do. Bye!" Gust then flew off without another word.
"ME TOO!" Ashes was the second to run off.
"Later...!" Sparx was the third to run off. They all split up in hopes of figuring out what to do. In Rarity's Boutique, Rarity had just finished making a dress design for taller ponies thanks to Ashes modelling for her.
"Perfect, if I do say so myself. Now I just need to make one for the stallions and then it wi-" She was then interrupted with Gust flying through the door in a panic.
"MISS RARITY! HELP...!" Gust was back to crying his eyes out. His wings started flapping about in a panic. Wind started sending all the fabrics flying around the boutique.
"Gust, what are you doing?! Stop doing that this instant!" Rarity tried to get all of the flying fabric with her magic, but it wasn't going well.
"I'M SORRY, BUT I NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE YOU'RE SMARTER THAN ME!" Gust was losing control over this emotions.
"Alright, that is enough!" Rarity then prepared spools of twine and began to tie Gust and his wings up from conjuring any more wind. Gust was completely tied up in twine and the wind stopped. Unfortunately, the boutique was a mess. Fabrics and clothing were all over the place.
Rarity sighed and asked, "Gust dear, if you would please calm down and tell me why you're so upset, then I will try to help you. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Miss Rarity...." Gust then stopped panicking and told Rarity what happened earlier. Rarity then became concerned.
"I see, so Chilly hasn't been sleeping at all lately. The poor dear...."
"Yeah...! And that's why I'm here! You're really smart, so I know you might know how to help him! Right?!" Gust was hoping she would have the answer he was looking for.
"I wish I could help you, Gust, but I'm afraid there is nothing I can do. You will just have to wait like the doctor said." She then untied Gust with her magic.
"Oh...ok." Gust then grew more worried.
"Now that I have given you your answer, you will clean up the mess you made. Now." Rarity was pretty upset over the mess Gust made with his wind. Gust began doing so without arguing. After awhile, Gust finally finished doing so and left after apologizing. It was already the late afternoon as Gust made his way back to the castle. He then ran into Sparx and Ashes when he arrived at the castle.
"Uh...hey, guys."
"Sup?"
"FLUTTERSHY COULDN'T HELP ME!" Sparx and Gust looked at Ashes and had the exact same result.
"You guys too...?" Sparx and Ashes nodded. Gust was quite surprised.
"I went to see Applejack to see if she knew what to do, but she just shoved an apple in my mouth and told me she couldn't help me. And I zapped a basket of apples by mistake...."
"Rarity told me the same thing, and I made a mess in her shop...."
"I burned part of Fluttershy's fence near her house. She was peeved at me or whatever that means...." The Spellbind Brothers knew they were causing more trouble to other ponies despite their intentions. They then went inside the castle to wait like the doctor instructed. Night eventually came and Chilly was still fast asleep. Outside his door were his brothers waiting outside patiently. Though, they were all asleep as well. Starlight walked into the kitchen to notice that the breakfast she made hadn't been touched. She ate her plate of food, but the Spellbind Brothers didn't. She walked over to Chilly's room to see them sleeping outside his bedroom door. She sighed and left them to get blankets and pillows for them. After she prepared them for a partially rough night sleep, Starlight left them to go to sleep herself. No disturbances occurred that night. All was peaceful. A new morning came and Starlight was the first to wake up. She walked over to Chilly's room again to see the Spellbind Brothers still sleeping outside Chilly's door.
"Guys, it's time to wake up now...." She began to nudge them awake. The Spellbind Brothers then slowly woke up after a rather uncomfortable night of sleep.
"God...my neck is killing me...." Sparx said as he popped his aching neck.
"My eyes don't wanna open...." Gust's eyes refused to open.
"Sleepy...." Ashes was still lying on the floor.
"You're all starting to sound like Chilly right now. C'mon guys. Let's go get breakfast and eat it this time." Starlight and the brothers left the hallway to do so. Starlight threw away the food that wasn't eaten and made a new batch of it. This time the Spellbind Brothers ate their breakfast since they all realized they haven't eaten a thing yesterday. Even after eating, they were all still rather tired.
"Ugh....I'm so tired."
"Me too...."
"I wanna sleep again...." The Spellbind Brothers were starting to repeat themselves.
"Guys, I know you're all worried about Chilly, but you really should've gone to bed. Not sleep on the floor." Starlight then began to was the used dishes.
"I'm too sleepy to dis you right now...."
"Huh...that's a first. Never thought I'd live to hear that." Chilly then sat in his seat. Starlight and the rest of the Spellbind Brothers all turned around fast to see Chilly was awake.
"CHILLY...!" Starlight and the Spellbind Brothers all grabbed hold of Chilly out of great relief.
"Geez guys, you sure know how to-OW!" Chilly then got smacked in the head by an angry Sparx.
"Don't you do that ever again! Asshole...!"
"Yeah...! You scared us to death!"
"YOU'RE OKAY!" The Spellbind Brothers were so glad to see that Chilly was alright.
"Chilly, how do you feel? Are you alright?" Starlight took a closer look at Chilly and noticed that he was looking slightly better than he did yesterday.
"Heh...yeah. Sorry for the scare. Guess I was...out cold, huh?" Chilly chuckled at his ice pun.
"Even after a good night sleep, your jokes still suck...."
"I'm so glad you're alright...!"
"HE'S BACK!"
"Take it easy, guys. I'm fine. I just need something to eat...."
"Oh, wait right there...!" Starlight then quickly began making Chilly something to eat after being asleep for so long. After Chilly ate his much needed meal, they all went into the library per Starlight's request. She made each of them a cup of tea in hopes of calming them all down.
"Alright, Chilly, what happened yesterday has got all of us concerned about your health. So we'd like to-"
"God, this drink is terrible!" Sparx spat out the tea he just drank out of disgust.
"Mine is too hot...!"
"YUCK!" They all put their tea cups down. Starlight then became annoyed by the rude interruption.
"I'm gonna go see the pink pony! Chilly, don't freak us out again!"
"I'll go see if Miss Rainbow Dash needs help with those dark clouds. Bye!"
"OUTSIDE!" Sparx, Gust, and Ashes all left the castle to go and do something. Starlight was very annoyed while Chilly chuckled.
"Starlight, I'm glad you're looking out for me, but I'm fine now. I was just tired is all. You don't have to overwork yourself now, do you?" Chilly then took a sip of his tea.
"Chilly, you need to tell us about these kind of things. The doctor said that you haven't been sleeping lately and that worries us. Have you been stressed out over something? Have we been over-working you? Is it because you've just-" She was then interrupted when her tea got frozen.
"Starlight, I think you're the one who is stressed out. I know you mean well, but I don't like it when you're all up in my business. I would appreciate it if you'd pay it no mind." Chilly sounded awfully serious and Starlight noticed this right away. She wasn't speaking with the pun-loving Chilly they know so well. Chilly then finished his tea, placed his cup on the table, and got out of his seat.
"I better get some exercise. Been asleep for too long. I don't wanna get bored. You just need to...chill out." Chilly laughed as he left the room. Starlight brushed off the bad pun. She knew Chilly was hiding something. That is never a good sign....