6 Chapter 6

6 Willa kept her mouth firmly shut as she swam back up to the surface. She did not want to lose

威拉紧紧地闭着嘴，游回水面。 她不想输

the precious sea-donkey tear she had trapped in there. She was feeling good. They already had two out of three ingredients for the potion! Sure, the last one was going to be the hardest, but right then Willa felt sure they would find that one, too. The Glitter Dragon Girls could do anything! But before she reached the surface, Willa saw something strange coming toward her. It looked like a storm cloud, billowing and expanding in the water. Willa frowned. An underwater storm? As the cloud moved closer, Willa's stomach lurched as she realized what it was. Shadow Sprites … and more of them than she'd ever seen! The shadowy mass swirled around and around, creating a kind of tornado. Willa watched in horror as anything that came near the whirlpool was sucked into its spinning darkness.

她把珍贵的海驴眼泪藏在里面。 她感觉很好。他们已经有三种药剂成分中的两种了!当然，最后一个将是最难的，但这时威拉确信他们也会找到那个。 闪光龙女郎可以做任何事!但在她到达水面之前，威拉看到一个奇怪的东西朝她走来。 它看起来像一片风暴云，在水里翻腾、膨胀。 威拉皱起了眉头。水下风暴? 随着云越来越近，威拉意识到那是什么，她的胃一阵痉挛。 暗影精灵……比她见过的还要多!这团阴影不停地旋转，形成了一种龙卷风。 威拉惊恐地看着任何靠近漩涡的东西都被吸入旋转的黑暗中。

Azmina and Naomi were up ahead. It was clear that they hadn't seen the approaching danger. But Willa couldn't risk calling out in case the seadonkey tear escaped from her mouth. The swirling shadows got closer and closer to her friends, draining the color from the bright water as they went. If Willa didn't do something, Azmina and Naomi would be sucked into the vortex!

阿兹米娜和娜奥米在前面。 很明显，他们没有看到正在逼近的危险。 但威拉不敢冒险叫出声来，以免泪水从嘴里流出来。 旋转的影子离她的朋友们越来越近，他们走的时候，明亮的水面上的颜色都被吸干了。 如果薇拉不做点什么，阿兹米娜和娜奥米就会被吸进漩涡!

Willa really, really wanted to warn her friends. But she kept her mouth firmly shut. It had taken a lot of effort to get that tear. She couldn't lose it now! The shadowy whirlpool was getting closer to Azmina and Naomi. It was moving so quickly, there was nothing Willa could do. Fear gripped her as she watched her friends be overwhelmed by the swirling Shadow Sprites. She saw the surprise on their faces as they were spun around and down toward the depths of the river. Willa shook off the fear that was slowing her down. She was not going to watch her friends be sucked into the vortex! She felt energy ripple through her body, restoring her tired muscles. Willa started swimming harder and faster than she ever had before. She had to get to her friends. She had to save them! With an extra-hard swish of her tail, Willa dove into the seething mass. It was cold and dark and

薇拉真的很想提醒她的朋友们。 但她还是紧闭着嘴。 我费了很大的劲才弄到这条眼泪。 她现在不能丢了!朦胧的漩涡越来越靠近阿兹米娜和娜奥米。 它移动得太快了，威拉什么也做不了。 当她看到她的朋友们被旋转的影子精灵淹没时，恐惧攫住了她。 她看到他们脸上惊讶的表情，因为他们旋转着向河的深处走去。 威拉摆脱了阻碍她前进的恐惧。 她可不想看着她的朋友被卷进漩涡!她感到全身充满了能量，恢复了疲惫的肌肉。 威拉开始比以前游得更快更用力了。 她得去找她的朋友。 她必须救他们!威拉甩了甩尾巴，一头扎进了沸腾的人群中。 天又冷又黑

scary. She heard the whispering doubt. You can't help your friends. You're too scared … Willa froze. The Shadow Sprites were right: She was scared. But it's not true that I can't do it, Willa told herself firmly. She could just make out Naomi and Azmina being whisked around like clothes in a washing machine. She reached out a paw to each of her friends. She couldn't say anything with her mouth, so she let her eyes do the talking. Hold on. I've got this. Naomi grabbed one paw as she whipped past, and Azmina the other. The whirlpool was so strong, Willa, too, was quickly picked up and whooshed around. Willa was feeling dizzy, but she gathered her strength and whipped her tail through the writhing Shadow Sprites, sending them shooting off in all directions. Then, kicking with more power than she knew she had, Willa zoomed her friends up

可怕的。她听到了窃窃私语的怀疑。 你不能帮助你的朋友。 你太害怕了……薇拉僵住了。 暗影精灵是对的:她害怕了。 但我并不是真的做不到，威拉坚定地告诉自己。 她只看到娜奥米和阿兹米娜像洗衣机里的衣服一样被甩来甩去。 她向每个朋友伸出一只爪子。 她不能用嘴说话，所以她让她的眼睛说话。 等一等。我来搞定。娜奥米抓着一只爪子疾驰而过，阿兹米娜抓着另一只。 漩涡是如此之大，威拉也很快被拉起并旋转起来。 威拉感到头晕，但她还是鼓起了力气，用尾巴抽打着扭动的暗影精灵，把它们打得四散奔逃。 然后，威拉用比她自己知道的更大的力量踢着她的朋友们

through the eye of the tornado and toward the surface. The three exhausted Glitter Dragon Girls broke the water's surface, gasping as they pulled themselves onto the riverbank. "That was intense!" spluttered Naomi. "Willa, I have no idea how you managed to save us."

穿过龙卷风眼，飞向地面。 三个精疲力竭的闪闪龙女郎冲出水面，气喘吁吁地爬上了河岸。 “太激烈了!”娜奥米急促地说。 “薇拉，我不知道你是怎么救我们的。”