While Twilight Sparkle and Spike were visiting Canterlot, Starlight is in charge of keeping the Spellbind Brothers out of trouble and their education. Except today Rarity decided to pay a visit. They all sat in the throne room after breakfast to hear what Rarity has to say.
"So Rarity, what is it that you need...? You said you needed their help with something?" Starlight had provided freshly made cup of coffee for Rarity for her visit.
Rarity finished her coffee, "Ah yes, I do. Actually, I only need Chilly and Gust for today. I have already met with Sparx and Ash the other day."
"Um...why?"
"Is it about our hoods again...?" Chilly was expecting it since they first arrived in Ponyville.
"Oh, not just that, dear. I also need you two to help me design clothing for taller ponies. Sweetie Bell told me she and her friends met with a very tall pony in Apploosa some time ago, so I figured you being here could be quite helpful to me just in case."
Starlight was surprised, "I guess you guys aren't the only tall ponies in Equestria after all."
"I'll help...! I wanna see all the funny hats Sparx told me about!" Gust was quite excited to help other ponies more.
"Alright then.... Hope it doesn't take too long. It takes a lot of work being this lazy." Chilly chuckled as he got on his hooves.
"Excellent! This will give us a chance to get to know each other more. Follow me. Starlight, I'll be sure to send them back when I am done. Goodbye." Rarity made her way out with Gust and Chilly right behind her.
"So Starlight, what are we supposed to do then?"
"I WANNA DO SOMETHING!" Sparx and Ashes had nothing to do and Starlight didn't have anything planned for any of them.
"Well...maybe you two should go meet Fluttershy. She's really nice and I'm sure you could get along with her."
"YEAH! LET'S GO!" Ashes took off running out.
"Alright then...." Sparx followed Ashes with very little interest.
"Ash, wait...! You don't know the way!" Starlight ran after Ashes to stop him from getting lost. Meanwhile, Chilly and Gust arrived at Rarity's Boutique and were all amazed by the large selection of clothing.
"Welcome to my shop, boys. Please, look around. I will call you two to my office in a few minutes." Rarity made her way to her office to prepare for designing.
"Oh...look at that!" Gust ran over to the hat section and began putting them on.
"Pfft...wow. She made a hat for everything." Chilly then put a top hat on his head in joining the fun.
"Oh, good morning...!" Sweetie Bell came into the room all excited to see them.
"Hi Sweetie Bell! Hey look, I got a funny hat!" Gust was having fun.
"Hey there, little lady.... So you live here?"
"No, me and Rarity actually live in a house nearby. I help her with her designing sometimes when I'm not crusading. Are you here to help with her work today?"
"Yeah.... She said she needed us to help her make clothing for tall ponies." Chilly then gave a deep yawn.
"Hey, are you feeling alright? You have dark marks under your eyes...." Sweetie Bell was concerned when she noticed.
"Oh, don't worry about it. I just have a hard time sleeping. That's all...."
"But...you sleep all the time." Gust was quite confused.
"Boys, if you would please come up stairs please. I would like to see your measurements." Rarity had measuring tape ready.
"Ok...!" Gust flew up stairs with Chilly right behind him.
"Sweetie Bell, do run along. I will be quite busy today and so will these fine gentlecolts." Rarity was all ready to work.
"Alright. Bye...!" Sweetie Bell then left the boutique to meet with her friends. Rarity, Chilly, and Gust went inside the office for work.
"Now would you two kindly remove your hoods please? I would like to see if they're made from the same material that like your brothers' hoods. I might be able to figure out what this material is this time." Chilly and Gust did as they were told and they too had many scars on their bodies. It was as Rarity figured.
"Uh...thank you! Please, just sit there and wait! I won't take long." Rarity magically gathered their hoods for examining.
Chilly chuckled, "What's the matter? You like what you see?" Rarity's face then blushed red.
"Uh...Miss Rarity, are you feeling alright? Your face is red." Gust was confused.
Rarity cleared her throat, "My face is not red...!"
"Look miss, I know you think I'm hot, but I'm actually cold." Chilly chuckled even more from his pun.
"Chilly, if you please...!" Rarity's became redder.
"Chilly, that joke was awful...!" Gust was annoyed.
"If you blush any more, you'll be red like Ashes." Chilly continued to chuckle at his jokes.
"Chilly...!" Gust was starting to lose his patience.
"I'm glad you could ~address the issue~!" Chilly began laughing.
"OH MY GOD...!" Gust was done with the jokes.
"Is this what Twilight and Starlight must put up with every day?" Rarity thought to herself, feeling annoyed. She finally got to examining the hoods and discovered that the hoods were made from the same unknown material Sparx and Ashes' hoods were made from. After feeling the hoods, she could feel that they were strangely heavy and sturdy. Like armor made from cloth. She could also see some kind of white thread within the yellow and blue threads. It wasn't like any kind of thread she has ever seen before.
"Um...Miss Rarity, are you done yet? It feels cold here." Gust waited patiently the entire time. Chilly was sleeping in his seat.
Rarity's turned to Gust and Chilly, "Of course, darling! I am done with your hoods now!" She quickly returned the hoods to Gust and Chilly after her examination.
"That thread isn't normal. It's too dense and yet it's elastic. I think Twilight and Starlight need to know about this later." Rarity began writing her findings while Chilly and Gust wore their hoods again.
Rarity then pulled out her measuring tape, "Alright, if you two woul-" She then noticed that Chilly and Gust had just put their hoods back on again.
"Um...if you two would...um...take your hoods off...again, if you please...." This was quite awkward.
Chilly chuckled, "Geez Gust, the lady can't take her eyes off us." He began taking his hood off. Rarity blushed bright red.
"Chilly, knock it off...!"
"If you would please keep your jokes to yourself while I check your measurements." Rarity pushed her blushing aside and began measuring. It took a few minutes, and she was able to design around their measurements.
"Alright, now we can begin." Rarity magically pulled out various cloths and threads ready for crafting.
"I may take a little while, so if you two would please be patient while I work."
"Sure thing. Take your time...."
"Yes Miss Rari-" Gust then stopped talking suddenly when he noticed Rarity bring out a sewing needle alongside her supplies. His face went pale when he saw it and his whole body became cold.
Chilly noticed this and asked, "Hey bro, you alright? You look like you seen a ghost...."
Rarity also noticed this and asked, "What's the matter, dear? Do you need something?" Rarity placed the needle on the table. Gust let out fearful whimpers at the sight of the needle. A high-pitched sound rang in his ear and the image of a dark figure with a needle became visible in his mind.
"Gust, what's wrong?! Say something...!" Chilly tried to calm Gust down, but nothing was working.
"Gust please, tell us what's wrong! We can help you!" Rarity accidently knocked over her supplies and the needle fell down with it. It rolled over just slightly and Gust's wings sprouted as he flew out the window screaming in terror.
"GUST...! COME BACK...!" Chilly couldn't stop Gust from his ascension into the dark clouds. He disappeared out of sight.
"Dammit, not again...! What the hell just happened?!"
"I'm not sure...! I was only going to start making clothing!" Rarity felt guilty for what happened, even though they had no idea what caused this. Chilly then noticed the sewing needle on the floor.
"Oh no...! It was your needle! Gust has a fear of needles! Dammit...I gotta go find him!" Chilly then ran out to do so.
"I'll come and help you! I feel it is my responsibility for what happened with your brother...." Rarity began following Chilly to help.
"Alright then.... I saw him fly into the clouds. Maybe that Rainbow friend of yours can help."
"I'll take you to Rainbow Dash! If anypony can fly that fast, she can!" Rarity escort Chilly to where Rainbow Dash usually hangs around. They found her perched on her usual cloud in the park.
"Rainbow Dash...! We need help!" Rarity called to Rainbow Dash to get her attention. She looked down to see Rarity and Chilly underneath her cloud.
Rainbow Dash flew down to them and said, "Hey Rarity...! What's up?"
"Rainbow Dash, something has happened...! It's Gust! He flew up in the clouds and now we can't find him!" Rarity panicked as she explained.
"Wait a minute! Calm down...! What do you mean you can't find him?"
"Gust is in terror right now and he wouldn't listen to me when I called out to him! We need your help to find him!" Chilly was really worried for Gust's safety. Especially after his freak out.
"Alright, alright...! I'll go see if I can find him." Rainbow Dash then flew into the dark clouds with great speed.
"I hope your friend can find my brother. Or better yet, get him down...."
"Don't worry, Chilly. Rainbow Dash is a pony you can trust." All they could do was wait for Rainbow Dash to bring Gust down without any trouble. She searched through the dark clouds and it was like looking for water in a desert.
"Geez...this is so stupid! How can I find him in these clo-Agh!" She was suddenly interrupted by a strong wind that pulled her into the darker part of the clouds.
"What is going on here?!" She tried to regain her balance in the intense zephyr. She then noticed the clouds merging in a circular pattern. Almost like a hurricane. The ponies in Ponyville could see the unsettling winds and began to take cover. Rarity and Chilly were still waiting for Rainbow Dash and Gust to return.
"Gust, don't do anything stupid.... One screw up is bad enough. Any more and I don't know what I'll do...!" Chilly was worried sick.
"Please Chilly, I'm sure Rainbow Dash won't fail us." Even Rarity was beginning to worry. Rainbow then flew into the vortex and entered into the eye of the storm. She could then see Gust cowering on a lone cloud.
"Hey Gust...! What's gotten into you?!" Rainbow Dash flew over to Gust in hopes of getting him to stop.
"NO...! STAY AWAY!" In his panic, Gust sent his wings at Rainbow Dash in self defense. What surprised Rainbow Dash the most was that Gust's wings actually extended at an abnormal length and they sliced through the winds like a knife would to an apple. Rainbow Dash quickly avoided the attacks, but the wings continued their pursuit. As this was happening, the hurricane was beginning to dissipate.
"Gust, what is wrong with you?! I'm trying to help you!" Rainbow Dash tried to get close to Gust, but his wings kept her at bay. Gust was too afraid to hear her words. The mental image of the dark figure and the needles filled his mind that he couldn't control himself. Rainbow Dash was beginning to lose her patience and she began flying so fast that Gust's wings couldn't keep up with her. She quickly got passed the sharpened wings and grabbed hold of Gust, knocking him off his cloud and they both fell downward. They fell through the clouds and both Rarity and Chilly saw them.
"Rainbow Dash...!"
"Gust...!" They ran to try and catch them. They weren't fast enough to do so, but then a stream of magic caught them both and stopped them from falling. It was Starlight that caught them. She gently placed them on the ground with her magic.
"Phew...thanks, Starlight. I thought we were goners." Rainbow Dash was relieved to be on the ground for once. Gust finally snapped out of his freak out and his wings returned to normal.
"Why were you two falling like that? What happened here?" Starlight was very confused.
"Uh...where am I? What was I-OOF!"
"GUST...!" Chilly then grabbed a hold of Gust feeling very relieved.
"Gust dear, I am so sorry for what I did! I had no idea!" Rarity was quite guilty for earlier.
"Um...I'm confused. What was I doing?"
"Wait...you don't remember what happened at the boutique?"
"Uh...I remember wearing some hats, then we were at the office, then I saw that-" Gust then remembered the needle and suddenly he began to freak out again. His wings shivered as they began to sharpen again.
"Everypony get away! His wings can slice through stuff!" Rainbow Dash then got ready for an attack.
"Gust, look at me! Look at me!" Chilly got at Gust's face to get his attention. Gust stopped his wings from shivering and looked at Chilly.
"I'm here now, Gust. The needle is gone. Nothing is going to hurt you. Now just calm down and we can go back to the castle where you'll be safe." Gust nodded slightly and folded his wings. Chilly began escorting him back to Twilight's castle.
"Chilly, I-"
Chilly interrupted, "It's fine, Rarity.... You didn't do anything wrong."
"Chilly, what happened today?" Starlight was quite worried over what just happened.
"I'll tell you when we get back. Hey Rainbow, thanks for getting my brother back...." Chilly left with Gust and Starlight as they head back to Twilight's castle.
"What the hay is up with those guys?" Rainbow Dash was very confused. Yet another crisis occurred in Ponyville.