Nearly at the door, Kate slowed down.  While it was hard to imagine that these ponies were smart enough to call for reinforcements, it would be foolish to assume that there weren’t more in the hallway.  She’d have to risk sticking her head out for a moment, and that would give the hiding one time to move, if it wanted to risk it.  She might not get a chance to swing at it, especially if her attention was occupied by more of them in the hallway.  She couldn’t throw her table-leg at it, because that would leave her unarmed.  She could probably fake it out, though.