The three girls slowly looked up apprehensively and were greeted by the sight of a boy who looked to be their age. He had blue hair with silver strips running through it and matching blue eyes along with light blue skin. He wore long black pants and a white shirt with black sneakers.
"Is everything all right in here," he asked looking down at them in confusion.
"We're fine. Thanks for opening the door," Apple Bloom said to the mysterious boy whom she or neither of her friends had ever seen before as the slowly walked out of the walk in refrigerator into the dark kitchen.
"Your welcome. My name is 'Silver Mane.' I'm a student here at this school," he explained.
"I'm Apple bloom and this is Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo."
"What are you doing here," Sweetie Belle inquired.
"Well if you must know if looking for a friend of mine. She and I got into a disagreement and I was hoping that she might still be here at the school so that I could tell her that I'm sorry. Her name is Ivy. Have you seen her anywhere," Silver Mane qustioned.
"No sorry," Apple Bloom informed him.
"I hate to break this thing up but we've all gotta get out of here now before the ghost gets us," Scootaloo cut in as she lead the way out of the kitchen with her two friends and Silver Mane behind her.
"We should turn on the lights! Ghost don't like lights! Scootaloo told her friends as they made their way out into the hallway and she reached for the light switch that was on the wall. As she reached her hand up a bolt of lightning suddenly and without any warning struck the top of the school knocking out the electricity to the entire building. The girls jumped at the sound of it.
"Come on work! Please work," the purple hair ten-year-old pleaded as she flipped the light switch up and down with no luck.
"My cell phone can't get a signal either," Sweetie Belle said in dismay as she tried to dial her home number.
A heavy cold rainstorm had justed started to fall outside it flashed with fearsome lighting and banged with claps or thunder.
"The storm is what must be keeping my cell phone from getting a signal," surmised Sweetie Belle in a panic.
Thud, thud, thud. The haunting sound of heavy foot falls came from down the dark hallway only this time they were accompanied by the chilling rattling sound that are made by rusty chains!
"It's the ghost!" The girls cried out as they turned and dashed down the hallway. They were followed by Silver Mane who seemed to having some trouble keeping up.
The girls ran to a nearby side door that lead them to the outside of the school and much to their horror they found that someone or something had placed a heavy metal chain and pad lock on the it.
"Come this way! I know where we can hide," Silver Mane huffed sounding out of breath as he finally managed to catch up to the three girls. He lead them to a nearby classroom where they all took shelter in a closet trying to bury themselves under some coats and jackets for protection as the sound of the foot falls and chains kept getting closer and closer! The girls huddled around the boy and placed their arms around him while closing their eyes tightly! Their minds filled with fear and panic! They all sat inside the closet and heard the classroom door slowly creak open. The sound of the footsteps seemed to make their way all around the dark classroom and then stop just outside the closet door. They all sat there in the closet not making a sound for what seemed like an eternity as the rain and thunder and lightning continued outside.
Suddenly a load bang came from the hallway and the sound of the foot falls slowly left the classroom. The four children slowly opened the closet door and peeked out and saw nothing but a cold dark and empty room. The girls all slowly and quietly tip toed out of the closet. Scootaloo looked back into the closet and saw Silver Mane who seemed to be having a little difficulty standing up and walking.
"Are you OK," she questioned him sounding concerned.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me," he repiled
"Are you sure," Scootaloo continued to ask.
"Yeah you don't look like your doing so good," added Sweetie Belle as she too noticed the boy struggling to stand up and walk.
"Well since you asked. I suffer from a very mild case of a condition called 'spastic diplegia' in both my legs. It's a mild form of cerebral palsy. I've had it ever since I was born. I can still walk stand and jump and do everything else that anyone else can under my own power without crutches or anything like that. I just do it a little bit slower that's all." the boy explained as he slowly got to his feet.
"We didn't notice that about you before. Well I'm sorry to hear that," the girls told him with much compassion.
"Thank you for your concern but I fine really," he smiled as he finally managed to stand up. "Well, you girls should probably get out of here and escape for the school before the ghost gets you. I'll just slow you down. Besides I still need to try and find Ivy. She still might be here in the school somewhere," the disabled boy said as she he started to head to the classroom door.
"No way! We're not leaving here without you! We're the Cutie Mark Crusader's and we just don't leave our friends behind and your our friend now Silver Mane and if you don't leave this school then neither will we! We won't stop until we help you find your friend and we're all home safe and sound," the three ten-year-old girls declared in unison.
"We're friends? Just like that," the boy said.
"Oh you know it and now that you're our friend you can be the newest member of the CMC," they said as the all hugged the boy tightly.
"Thank you all so much," He smiled.
"Now let's all go and find your friend," Apple Bloom said happily.
"Do you have any idea where she might be," Sweetie Belle questioned as they continued to hug the boy.
"Well I know one place we can look," he pondered as made his way out of the dark classroom with the girls.