Chapter 8

8 Flutterdash landed on Quinn's shoulder. "Someone needs to play the Heartstring Violin before it's returned to the vault," she tweeted softly. "We must get the forest back in tune." "You play it, Quinn," said Aisha. Mei nodded. "It has to be you."

8飞蝶落在奎因的肩膀上。 她在推特上温柔地写道:“在这把《心弦小提琴》被送回金库之前，需要有人来演奏一下。” “我们必须让森林恢复和谐。” “你来弹吧，奎因。” 梅点了点头。“必须是你。”

"I'm a trumpet player," protested Quinn. "I don't know the first thing about playing the violin!" "But you're musical," Aisha pointed out. "You've got a better chance of figuring it out than we do." Quinn knew Aisha was right. And weirdly, she had the feeling the violin wanted her to play it. She picked it up. The wood felt warm. She reached for the bow and drew it across one of the strings. A single, perfect note floated from the violin and hung in the air. Rather than getting fainter as the seconds passed, the note grew stronger and louder.

“我是小号手，”奎因抗议道。 “我对拉小提琴一窍不通!”“但你是有音乐天赋的，”艾莎指出。 “你比我们更有可能搞清楚。” 奎因知道艾莎是对的。 奇怪的是，她觉得小提琴想让她拉。 她把它捡起来。木头摸起来很暖和。 她伸手去拿弓，拉过一根弦。 一个完美的音符从小提琴上飘出，悬在空中。 时间一分一秒地过去，声音不但没有减弱，反而越来越响。

Quinn heard a faint rustling noise all around her. "Finally, I can hear the wind," she called to her friends. Flutterdash rose into the air. "You must get the violin back to the vault as quickly as possible," she urged. "The Shadow Queen will not be happy. She might try to stop you. Hurry!" As Flutterdash spoke, the sky darkened as if a storm was approaching. Quinn quickly tucked the

奎因听到周围传来一阵微弱的沙沙声。 “终于，我能听到风的声音了，”她对朋友们喊道。 振翅飞向空中。 “你必须尽快把小提琴送回金库，”她催促道。 “影子女王会不高兴的。 她可能会阻止你。 快点!”就在振子dash说话的时候，天空变暗了，好像一场暴风雨即将来临。 奎因迅速收起

violin and bow into her bag. "Shadow Sprites!" yelled Mei. "And they look angry," muttered Aisha. Quinn looked up to see a mass of furious Shadow Sprites streaking toward them. The staticky noise was even louder now. The sound rattled through Quinn's head, making it hard to think. "Let's roar them away!" Aisha said. "Should we?" Quinn asked. Her head felt like it was full of cotton balls. She couldn't think clearly. The Shadow Sprites began to dart toward the birds. "They're trying to steal the birdsong." Mei groaned. "We have to do something!" Mei and Aisha began to roar, and Quinn joined in. Soon the air filled with swirls of ruby red, sapphire blue, and jade green. The sight was glorious, right up until something terrible happened! A pack of Shadow Sprites grabbed the

小提琴和弓放进她的包里。 “暗影精灵!” “他们看上去很生气。”艾莎喃喃地说。 奎因抬起头，看到一群愤怒的暗影精灵向他们飞奔而来。 静噪音现在更大了。 这声音在奎因的脑海里回荡，让他难以思考。 “让我们把他们轰走!”阿伊莎说。 “我们应该?”奎因问道。她的头感觉像装满了棉球。 她无法清晰地思考。 暗影精灵们开始向鸟群冲去。 “他们想偷鸟鸣。” 梅呻吟着。“我们必须做点什么!”梅和艾莎开始吼叫，奎因也加入了进来。 很快，空气中就充满了宝石红、蓝宝石蓝和玉绿的漩涡。 在可怕的事情发生之前，这景象是辉煌的!一群暗影精灵抓住了

swirls and sucked them up like long strands of spaghetti. "Stop roaring!" yelled Quinn to her friends. But it was too late. Quinn watched as the Shadow Sprites pulled the roars directly from their mouths, like plants pulled up by the roots. Furious, Quinn charged at the sprites with her head down, sending them flying in all directions. "Mei? Aisha? Are you okay?" she cried, but only the tiniest whisper came out. Her friends opened their mouths to speak, but they couldn't, either! The Shadow Sprites had not only stolen their roars, they'd stolen their voices! Quinn's anger bubbled up inside her. "Feeling angry, are you?" sneered a sinister voice. "You Dragon Girls thought that if you worked as a team, you could do anything. How wrong you were! You are no stronger together than you are alone." Quinn whirled around. There, in the middle of the mass of Shadow Sprites, hovered a tall, thin

把它们像长面条一样卷起来。 “别吼了!”奎因对她的朋友们喊道。 但为时已晚。奎因看着暗影精灵直接从嘴里吐出咆哮，就像被连根拔起的植物。 奎因怒不可遏，低着头向精灵们冲去，把他们打得四散奔逃。 “美吗?阿以莎?你还好吗?”她喊道，但只发出了最微弱的声音。 她的朋友们张开嘴想说话，但他们也说不出话来!暗影精灵不仅偷走了他们的吼声，还偷走了他们的声音!奎因怒火中烧。 “你生气了，是吗?”一个阴险的声音冷笑着说。 “你们龙女以为，如果你们团结一致，你们就能做任何事情。 你大错特错了!你们在一起并不比独自一人更强大。” 奎因转过身来。在那一大群暗影精灵中间，盘旋着一个又高又瘦的

woman in a billowing gray dress. Her long hair was gray, too. It was impossible to tell if she was old or young, but she was definitely mean. Her eyes gleamed nastily. Quinn knew right away who this was: the Shadow Queen. The urge to roar was very strong, but Quinn knew it would not help.

穿着飘逸的灰色连衣裙的女人。 她的长发也是灰白的。 很难说她是年轻还是年老，但她确实很刻薄。 她的眼睛炯炯有神。奎因马上就知道这是谁:影子女王。 咆哮的冲动非常强烈，但奎因知道这无济于事。