Chapter 5

5 Quinn and her friends left the Beat Badgers to their dance party and flew deeper into the forest. They weaved through the tree trunks, swooping under fallen logs and over smaller shrubs. "We've found the violin already!" Aisha called in a singsong voice. "Should we take it straight

奎因和她的朋友们离开垮掉的獾去参加他们的舞会，飞向森林深处。 他们穿过树干，从倒下的原木和小灌木下俯冲而下。 “我们已经找到小提琴了!”艾莎用轻快的声音叫道。 “我们应该直截了当吗?

back to the vault?" Quinn shook her head as she swerved around an especially big tree trunk. "We need to find the strings and the bow first. If we return the violin like this, I have a feeling it won't have the same power." "That sounds right," Mei called from behind, zigzagging her way closer to Quinn. "It's like a car without an engine. Maybe we can just replace those parts, though?" Quinn scrunched up her snout. "I don't suppose there are any music shops around here!" she joked. While they were flying, Quinn had the uncomfortable feeling that she was being watched. They were in a part of the forest where the trees grew densely. Not much sunlight made it through the trees, so it was hard to see and even harder to weave between the tall trunks. But every now and again, from the corner of her eye, Quinn thought she saw something move.

回金库去?”奎因摇了摇头，转过一根特别大的树干。 “我们得先找到弦和弓。 如果我们像这样把小提琴还回去，我有一种感觉，它不会有同样的力量。” “听起来不错。”梅在后面叫道，一边曲折地向奎因靠近。 “这就像一辆没有引擎的汽车。 不过，也许我们可以把那些部件换掉?”奎因皱起了鼻子。 “我想这附近应该没有音像店吧!”她开玩笑说。 当他们在飞行时，奎因有一种不舒服的感觉，她被监视着。 他们在森林中树木茂密的地方。 透过树木的阳光不多，所以很难看清，在高大的树干之间穿行就更困难了。 但时不时地，奎因从眼角看到有什么东西在动。

And now the buzzing, staticky sound she had heard when she first arrived was back. It was getting louder, too. "Be careful," she called softly to Mei and Aisha, who flew alongside her. "I think there might be Shadow Spr—!" Before she could finish, a gray shape whooshed across her face and pulled the rest of her sentence right out of her mouth!

现在，她刚来的时候听到的嗡嗡声又回来了。 声音也越来越大了。 “小心点，”她轻轻地对飞在她身边的小美和艾莎说。 “我想可能会有影子Spr——!”她还没来得及说完，一个灰色的身影嗖地掠过她的脸，把她剩下的话从嘴里说了出来!

"Hey! Stop th—" she started to say, but once again, a Shadow Sprite darted over and tugged her words away. Her heart began to pound, and it wasn't from the flying. The Shadow Sprites were stealing her voice! She looked over at her friends to see if they had seen what happened. She could tell from their wide eyes that they had. The Dragon Girls flew closer to one another, keeping up their speed and speaking in the faintest of whispers. "If we stay quiet," Mei said, "then they can't steal our words." Aisha made a face. "I guess so, at least until we figure out a way to beat them." Quinn nodded as she tilted to one side to get through a narrow gap between two trees. She hated having her words snatched out of her mouth! It was better if she kept her words inside, where they were safe. She felt something wispy and shadowy brush past her.

“嘿!住手——”她刚想说，但又一次，一个影子精灵冲了过来，把她的话扯掉了。 她的心开始怦怦直跳，并不是因为飞行。 暗影精灵在偷她的声音!她看了看她的朋友们，看他们是否看到了发生的事情。 从他们睁大的眼睛里，她看得出来。 龙女们彼此飞得更近了，保持着她们的速度，轻声细语。 “如果我们保持安静，”梅说，“那么他们就无法窃取我们的话。” 艾莎做了个鬼脸。“我想是的，至少在我们找到打败他们的方法之前是这样。” 奎因点了点头，她向一边倾斜，穿过两棵树之间的狭窄缝隙。 她讨厌别人把她的话抢走!她最好把话藏在心里，放在安全的地方。 她感到有一缕模糊的东西从她身边擦过。

That's right, Dragon Girl. Just stay quiet. No one wants to hear you anyway! Suddenly, Quinn stopped feeling scared. Now she just felt really, really mad! Sure, Quinn was the quietest of the Treasure Dragon Girls. And sure, she was shy to speak up or perform on her own in front of others. But when Quinn had something to say, it was important. She deserved to be loud when she wanted to be! That was why she had chosen the trumpet as her instrument. It was her way of speaking up. And in the Magic Forest, her roar was like her built-in trumpet. She loved how it felt when she filled the air with the sound of roaring. She loved knowing that creatures for miles and miles could hear her. Roaring was her way of letting everyone know that although she was quiet, she could be really, really loud when it was important to be really, really loud. There was no way that she was going to let some awful Shadow Sprites silence her!

没错，龙女。 保持安静。反正没人想听你说话!突然，奎因不再感到害怕了。 现在她觉得自己真的，真的很生气!当然，奎因是宝龙女孩中最安静的。 当然，她很害羞，不敢在别人面前说话或独自表演。 但如果奎恩有话要说，那一定很重要。 她想大声的时候就应该大声!这就是为什么她选择小号作为她的乐器。 这是她说话的方式。 在魔法森林里，她的咆哮就像她内置的小号。 她喜欢那种让空气中充满咆哮的感觉。 她喜欢知道远处的生物能听到她的声音。 咆哮是她让大家知道的一种方式，虽然她很安静，但在需要非常非常大声的时候，她可以非常非常大声。 她不可能让那些可怕的暗影精灵让她沉默!

Quinn turned to her friends and mouthed, "On the count of three, let's roar our loudest roars." Mei frowned and mouthed back, "Is that a good idea? Isn't that what the sprites want us to do, so they can steal our roars?" "Maybe," Quinn mouthed. "But they are just puny shadows. We are dragons! If we all roar together, we'll blast them away." Huge grins appeared on Mei's and Aisha's faces as they continued to speed through the forest. They were ready for action! "One, two, three…" The Dragon Girls roared so loudly that the leaves on the trees blew back with the force. The group roar filled the air, and the sky lit up with streaks of ruby red, sapphire blue, and jade green. Caught up in the middle of the swirling colors were gray smears of shadow, tumbling over and over like lost socks in a whirlpool. The shadows got smaller and smaller until they disappeared completely. Quinn felt like she could roar forever.

奎因转向她的朋友们，用口型说:“我数到三，让我们大声吼叫。” 梅皱起眉头，用嘴说:“这主意好吗? 这不是精灵们想让我们做的吗，这样他们就能偷走我们的吼声了?”“也许吧，”奎因说。 “但他们只是微不足道的影子。 我们是龙!如果我们一起吼，就能把他们轰走。” 梅和艾莎的脸上露出了灿烂的笑容，他们继续在森林里疾驰。 他们已经做好了行动的准备!“一，二，三……”龙女们的吼声如此之大，以至于树上的叶子都被风吹了回去。 人群的吼声充满了空气，天空被宝石红、蓝宝石蓝和玉绿的条纹照亮了。 在这纷乱的色彩中间，是一片片灰色的阴影，像丢在漩涡里的袜子一样，一遍又一遍地翻滚。 影子越来越小，直到完全消失。 奎因觉得她可以永远咆哮。