"Now?"

"Keep going."

Scootaloo kept running down the stairs, careful to jump over on each landing so that she could run down each new flight without having to stop or even slow down that much.

"How about now?"

"No. Seriously, I'll tell you when. We have a ways to go before you get there, trust me. The vault isn't just up here with all the other rooms."

Scootaloo was about to says something in reply, but she was interrupted. "Who are you even talking to?" Kaylee asked. Scootaloo looked over her shoulder to see the filly was right behind her, leaping down the stairs a few at a time.

"Uhhh... this voice in my head!" Scootaloo lied. Well, it was only partially a lie. Perhaps it would have been more accurate had she said it was a voice on her head.

"Seriously?" Flight replied from somewhere behind Kaylee—Scootaloo was too busy strafing around another corner to check exactly where she was. "You're just listening to some voice in your head, and it's telling you where to go?"

"Ummm, yep!" Scootaloo laughed nervously. "I mean, what else can we do, right?"

"What if it's Prince Aeneus or somepony trying to manipulate you?!" Flight exclaimed, irritated. "Maybe we're just falling right into their hooves!"

"Well, we don't exactly have any other choice, now, do we?" Scootaloo snapped, whipping her head back to glare at the yellow pegasus. "Literally, if we stop now, we're just gonna—"

"WALL!" Kaylee shouted, eyes wide in alarm. "GIRLS CAN WE STOP THIS FOR NOW OR ELSE WE'RE GONNA DIE."

Scootaloo looked back ahead just in time to reach up her hooves and propel herself off the wall, skidding down the stairs uncomfortably quick. "Gah, close one," she muttered with a cough. "Thanks, Kaylee."

"They're gaining on us," Flight said in an almost frighteningly calm voice. "We need to go faster."

"Working on it!" Scootaloo exclaimed, buzzing her wings as she ran. "Try flapping your wings, and hold onto Kaylee as you run!" Without looking back to make sure Flight was able to do what she'd instructed, Scootaloo sped forward even faster than before with the help of her wings.