Chapter 15

Chapter 15 TO ALL THINGS, AN ENDING. BUT IN EVERY ENDING, A NEW BEGINNING. CAND CAKE, SOMETIMES! It was Ash's last day at Woodsword Middle School. She had emptied her locker. She'd returned her textbooks and packed up her gym clothes. All that was left now was to say goodbye. They all gathered in the computer lab. Harper had made a "science cake," which was what she called all cakes. Jodi had put up streamers. Doc and Ms. Minerva were there, and they told Ash how much they would miss her. Ash thought she saw Morgan cry a little, but he denied it later.

第十五章万物终结。 但每一个结局，都是一个新的开始。 有时还有蛋糕！这是阿什在木剑中学的最后一天。 她清空了她的储物柜。 她已经归还了课本，收拾好了运动服。 现在剩下的就是说再见了。 他们都聚集在计算机实验室。 哈珀做了一个“科学蛋糕”，这是她对所有蛋糕的称呼。 乔迪挂起了彩带。 医生和密涅瓦女士也在那里，他们告诉阿什他们会多么想念她。 艾什觉得她看到摩根哭了一下，但后来他否认了。

"I want you to have this," said Doc. She handed Ash a set of VR goggles with a big red bow on top. "Ms. Minerva tells me all the glitches have been fixed, thanks to you." "Yes, no more glitches," Ms. Minerva said, adding a very unsubtle wink. "What was that?" Doc asked. "Why did you wink just then?" "Oh, just being a bit chaotic, Doc," said Ms. Minerva. "I know how much you enjoy that." "Thanks for these," Ash said, holding the

“我想把这个给你，”医生说。 她递给阿什一套VR眼镜，上面有一个大大的红色蝴蝶结。 “密涅瓦女士告诉我，多亏了你，所有的小故障都修好了。” “是的，再也没有小故障了。” 密涅瓦说，又毫不掩饰地眨了眨眼。 “那是什么？”医生问。 “你刚才为什么眨眼？”“哦，只是有点混乱，医生。” 密涅瓦。“我知道你很喜欢这样。” “谢谢你的礼物。”阿什说，手里拿着

goggles to her chest. "Thanks for everything. I've had just…just the best time here. My new school won't be the same." "But it's just a few towns over," said Theo. "We can see you on weekends." "And virtually every weekday," said Jodi, pointing to the headset. "We're never more than a call away," Harper added. She held up her old phone, which she'd had to quit using when the Evoker King had taken over the school's tech. Now, with a little help from Doc and Theo, it was working better than ever. Ash laughed. "Yeah. I guess so." "You're taking it well, though, Ash," said Doc. "This can't be easy for you."

护目镜贴在胸前。“谢谢你所做的一切。 我在这里度过了最美好的时光。 我的新学校不会和以前一样了。” “但就在几个城镇之外，”西奥说。 “我们可以在周末见你。” “几乎每个工作日，”乔迪指着耳机说。 哈珀补充说：“一个电话就能搞定我们。” 她举起自己的旧手机，自从闪回王接管了学校的科技设备后，她就不得不停止使用了。 现在，在医生和西奥的帮助下，它比以往任何时候都好用。 灰笑了。“是的。我想是的。” “不过，你还挺淡定的，阿什，”医生说。 “这对你来说一定不容易。”

"It's not," said Ash. "It's sad, and scary, and totally out of my control." She smiled, just a little. "But I've got friends to help me through it." "Aw, gee," said Po. "You're going to make the rest of us cry like Morgan." "I wasn't crying!" Morgan protested, quickly pulling his hand away from the corner of his eye. "I have allergies!" "And I have a present for you," Ash said. "All of you. The whole school, actually!" Ash led them outside and across the schoolyard. They passed the bat house they'd built together some time ago, and they kept walking. "I couldn't put it too close to the bat house," she said. "That might have caused some problems if the bats decided to take up residence." She laughed as she led them farther down the path and around the back of the school's mobile classrooms. She heard them all gasp when they saw her surprise. "It's your tree house!" said Morgan. "How in the world did you move it here?"

“不是的。”阿什说。“这很悲伤，很可怕，完全超出了我的控制范围。” 她微微一笑。 “但我有朋友帮我度过难关。” “啊，天哪，”阿宝说。“你会让我们其他人像摩根一样哭的。” “我没有哭！”摩根抗议道，迅速把手从眼角抽开。 “我过敏！”“我有一件礼物要送给你，”阿什说。 “你们所有人。实际上是整个学校！”阿什领着他们走到外面，穿过校园。 他们经过了不久前一起建造的蝙蝠屋，继续往前走。 “我不能把它放在离蝙蝠屋太近的地方，”她说。 “如果蝙蝠决定在这里定居，这可能会造成一些问题。” 她笑着带着他们沿着小路走得更远，绕着学校移动教室的后面转了一圈。 当他们看到她的惊讶时，她听到他们都倒吸了一口气。 “这是你的树屋！”摩根说。 “你到底是怎么把它搬到这儿来的？”

"Well, my mom's an engineer, remember?" said Ash. "I know how much you all love it. So I thought it would be a nice gift." "It's the best gift," Jodi said. And she giggled as the hamster she was holding twisted out of her grip and went running for the playset. "You've definitely made the Baron's day!"

“我妈妈是工程师，记得吗？”阿什说。 “我知道你们有多喜欢它。 所以我想这将是一个不错的礼物。” “这是最好的礼物，”乔迪说。 她咯咯地笑着，因为她抱着的仓鼠挣脱了她的手，跑向玩具。 “你真是让男爵高兴极了！”

"Aw, he looks all happy," said Morgan. "But you know he's gonna miss you a lot." "I'm going to miss him, too, Morgan," said Ash. "I'm going to miss all of you." Ash held open her arms, and Morgan and Jodi and Harper and Po all gathered together for a group hug. "You too, Theo," Ash said. "Get in here." Theo grinned from ear to ear, happy to be included. Ash smiled, too, even though she was crying.

“哦，他看起来很高兴。”摩根说。 “但你知道他会非常想念你的。” “我也会想念他的，摩根。”阿什说。 “我会想念你们大家的。” 阿什张开双臂，摩根、乔迪、哈珀和阿宝都聚在一起拥抱。 “你也是，西奥。”阿什说。 “进来。”西奥笑得合不拢嘴，很高兴被包括在内。 艾什也笑了，尽管她在哭。