Silver Mane lead the girls as quickly and silently as he could through was seemed like a never-ending maze of shafts and ducts for several minutes.
"Here follow me," he whispered in a hushed tone as he exited through a vent that lead into yet another dark classroom.
"This looks like the music room," Sweetie Belle commented as she and the other girls exited through the vent.
"Anyone feel like signing a song," questioned Scootaloo sarcastically.
"Not now," Apple Bloom responded. "Come on we should block the door so that who's ever out there can't get us," heaved Apple Bloom as she tried to shove a small book shelf behind the closed door that lead to the music room. The four children all had to work together to to get the book shelf behind the door. The girls now all sat together with Silver Mane on the carpeted floor of the dimly lit room trying to catch their breath.
"We could call the coast guard or maybe the secret service or the army or the police! Somebody anybody! I don't care who! I just wanna go home before the ghost gets me!" Scootaloo suggested in hysteria!
"It's alright we're gonna to be OK. No matter what happens the most important thing is that we all stay calm," Smiled Silver Mane said in a reassuring tone of voice as he took hold of Scootaloo's hand. "Here breath into this before you hyperventilate," he instructed handing Scootaloo a brown paper bag that he pulled out from nowhere. Scootaloo took hold of the bag with both hands and did as she had been instructed.
"Maybe we should spit up and look for a way out of the school," Sweetie Belle suggested.
"No we're much safer if we all stick together," Retorted Apple Bloom.
"Yeah I think that we all should work on getting out here as fast as we can! I'm sorry Silver Mane but we can't say here and look for your missing friend! Besides she probably been eaten by the ghost by now," interjected Scootaloo removing the bag from over her mouth.
"Well you girls are free to do as you wish but I'm going to be staying here in the school and search for her for no matter how long it takes or what dangers I must face. I will do my best to find her," he boldly stated. "It must be scary for her out there being alone in the dark with her falling eye sight with that ghost chasing her," he added. "She is my friend and I will make my best effort to see that she doesn't have to go through the darkness alone. I will happily face it and defeat it to find Ivy," Said Silver Mane.
"Why are you two no longer friends," asked Scootaloo wanting to know more about what happened between Silver Mane and Ivy.
Silver Mane sighed. "We got into fight one day a few weeks back while we were both at the roof top garden. She was very angry with me because she felt that I had wronged her. I tried to explain to her that I was sorry she didn't buy it."
"Don't look so sad. I'm sure Ivy knows that you didn't mean to wrong her and that she forgives you for it. True friendship can survive anything," Scootaloo explained.
Silver Mane said nothing in response he only continued to look sadly as the floor. His heart was filled with guilt and a stabbing pain of remorse.
"Tell her that I'm sorry," he whispered softly.
"What do you say we sing a song guys," Sweetie Belle said as she picked up a small nearby six string acoustic guitar trying to change the mood of the room.
"I used to play acoustic guitar for Ivy back when we were friends," the boy lamented.
"OK... Well then never mind the song then," responded Sweetie Belle putting away the guitar as fast as she could.
After things had grown quiet and still after a moment. Bam! Bang! Slam! The door to the music room went as it all of a sudden crashed with great force against the bookshelf that now held it shut. The girls ran around the room screaming in terror!
"Don't panic! Just follow me," Silver Mane told them as he lead them back through the same grate that they had come in through.