Chapter 7

7 Grace and Zoe approached Sofia and peered into the crack. "I get the feeling you're planning to dive down there," Grace said. Sofia nodded. "It's clearly where the Fire Sparks took Nara," she pointed out. As she spoke,

格蕾丝和佐伊走近索菲亚，向裂缝里窥视。 “我感觉你打算潜入那里，”格蕾丝说。 索非亚点点头。“很明显，这就是火焰火花带奈良去的地方。”她指出。 她说话的时候，

the shell on her bracelet began to glow. Sofia held it up to show her friends. "Even the shell is saying it's the right direction." "Okay, then! Let's go," Zoe said, trying to sound brave. "We'll come, too," Toothy said, slapping his fins against his side to get the others' attention. "Come on, everyone. Let's follow these Sea Dragons!" Instantly, all the narwhals surged at the crack in the palace floor, getting tangled up in a scrum of horns, flippers, and tails. The Sea Dragons had to gently pull them apart by their tails and then calm them down. Once the narwhals were all free again, Sofia came up with a plan. "I will dive first," she announced to the group. "And if it's safe, then the rest of you can follow." Sofia knew that she was the best diver out of her friends, and while the narwhals meant well, they seemed very accident-prone.

她手镯上的贝壳开始发光。 索菲亚把它举起来给她的朋友看。 “就连贝壳也在说这是正确的方向。” “好吧,!我们走吧，”佐伊说，努力让自己听起来勇敢一些。 “我们也要去。”牙齿说着，用鱼鳍拍打着自己的身体，以引起别人的注意。 “来吧，大家。我们跟着这些海龙走吧!”所有的独角鲸立刻涌向宫殿地板的裂缝，被一堆角、鳍和尾巴纠缠在一起。 海龙不得不用尾巴轻轻地把他们分开，然后让他们安静下来。 当独角鲸们再次获得自由时，索菲亚想出了一个计划。 “我先潜，”她向大家宣布。 “如果安全的话，你们其他人就可以跟着走了。” 索非亚知道她是她的朋友中最好的潜水员，虽然独角鲸是出于好意，但它们似乎很容易出事故。

Sofia wanted to get down there as quickly as possible. And she definitely didn't want to get tangled in any narwhal horns along the way! Zoe nodded. "Yes, you go on ahead. We'll come as soon as we can with the narwhals." Grace sighed. "I don't like splitting up, but I can see it's the best thing to do." Sofia took a deep breath and focused her thoughts. Then, before her nerves got the better of her, she dove through the crack. The dark, cold seawater swirled around her. As she got farther away from the palace, Sofia felt more and more alone. Just as this thought entered her mind, JellyJo appeared! And this time, she was glowing with a gentle pink light. It was very handy! "You're not alone, Sofia," JellyJo said. "I'm here with you—to keep you company and to light your way." Sofia felt instantly better.

索菲亚想尽快赶到那里。 而且她绝对不想在路上被任何独角鲸的角缠住!佐伊点点头。 “是的，你去吧。我们会尽快带着独角鲸来的。” 恩叹了口气。“我不喜欢分手，但我知道这是最好的办法。” 索菲亚深吸了一口气，集中了注意力。 然后，在她的神经失控之前，她从裂缝里钻了进去。 黑暗冰冷的海水在她周围打转。 索菲亚离宫殿越来越远，她感到越来越孤独。 就在这个想法进入她的脑海时，杰里乔出现了!这一次，她发出了柔和的粉红色光芒。 它非常方便!“索菲亚，你不是一个人，”杰里乔说。 “我和你在一起——陪着你，给你指路。” 索菲亚立刻觉得好多了。

At first, the gap they were swimming through was very narrow. At some points, Sofia had to tuck in her wings to squeeze between sharp rocks. But luckily, JellyJo was by her side, lighting up the area and showing her where the dangers lay. Gradually, the gap grew wider and wider until it opened up completely.

起初，他们游过的缝隙很窄。 在某些时候，索菲亚不得不收起翅膀，挤在尖锐的岩石之间。 但幸运的是，杰里乔在她身边，照亮了这片区域，告诉她哪里有危险。 渐渐地，差距越来越大，直到完全开放。

The strange light that Sofia had spotted from up in Narwhal Palace grew brighter. Soon three giant shapes loomed up from the gloomy seabed. As Sofia got closer, she saw that there were three clamshells on the bottom of the ocean floor. They were huge—almost as big as Sofia herself. And each one emitted a strange blue-green light. "What is this place?" Sofia wondered aloud, looking around. "We're in the Undersea," explained JellyJo, pulsing beside her. "It's a vast ocean that runs below the one we were just in. It's where the Undersea Garden is found." Sofia's heart leapt. "The Undersea Garden! Isn't that where the Water Watch is?" "It is," JellyJo said. "It is very close, in fact. Very close, but also very far." Sofia turned to JellyJo. "What do you mean?" But before JellyJo could explain, a new light suddenly appeared. Unlike the cool bluish light of

索非亚在独角鲸宫上面看到的奇怪的光变得更亮了。 不久，三个巨大的身影从阴暗的海底隐现出来。 当索非亚走近时，她看到海底有三个蛤壳。 它们很大，几乎和索菲亚一样大。 每一个都发出一种奇怪的蓝绿光。 “这是什么地方?”索非亚环顾四周，大声地问。 “我们在海底。”杰利乔解释说，在她身边跳动着。 “这是一个浩瀚的海洋，在我们刚刚所在的海洋下面。 海底花园就是在那儿找到的。” 索菲亚的心跳了起来。“海底花园!”那不是水巡局的所在地吗?”“是的，”杰利乔说。 “事实上，它非常接近。 很近，但也很远。” 索菲亚转向杰里乔。“你是什么意思?”婕莉·乔还没来得及解释，一个新的曙光突然出现了。 不像清凉的蓝光

the giant clams, or JellyJo's gentle pink glow, this light was unbearable. It was so bright and hot! The figure of a tall woman appeared. She was draped in a dress made of fire, and her flaming hair crackled with electricity, even though they were all deep underwater. Sofia instantly knew who it was. She gasped. "The Fire Queen!"

巨大的蛤蜊，或者杰利乔柔和的粉红色光芒，这种光线令人难以忍受。 它是如此明亮和热!一个高个子女人的身影出现了。 她披着一件用火做成的衣服，她那燃烧着的头发在电中噼啪作响，尽管他们都在深深的水下。 索菲亚立刻知道是谁了。 她喘着气。“火女王!”