No sooner were the words out of his mouth than a strange, ethereal blue light shone down from the top of the stairs, casting sharp contrasting shadows upon the walls and the floor from the bannisters. The long thin shadows reached out to them, like grasping claws. A resounding bouncing noise echoed as a hard rubber ball bounced on the first step. There was a horrible tension as they awaiting the next bounce, watching the bright red ball hit step after step. Another horrible, mocking high-pitched laugh of somepony imitating a child’s voice sounded. “Come and play~”