Chapter 5

5 "That bright flash must have been the Fire Sparks," Phoebe said. Stella nodded. "We have to find them! They can't have gotten far." Rosie agreed. "But which direction did they go? I didn't see a thing!" Phoebe scanned the area. Where had the Fire Sparks taken them? Even with her powerful eyesight, Phoebe couldn't see any sign of the

“那道闪光一定是火花，”菲比说。 斯特拉点了点头。“我们必须找到他们!”他们不可能走远。” 罗西表示同意。“但是他们往哪个方向去了呢?” 我什么也没看见!”菲比扫视了一下这片区域。 火花火把他们带到哪里去了? 即使菲比的视力很好，她也看不到任何迹象

Dreamlets. It was as though they'd disappeared into thin air. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Phoebe spotted something moving near where the cliffs met the lake. She flapped her wings and leapt over toward the spot. There, snagged in the long grass, was a single pink-and-purple Dreamlet. Phoebe untangled the wriggly little thing and held it carefully in her paw. Stella and Rosie bounded over to her side, followed by a swarm of very anxious Newt Nurses. "If we have no Dreamlets, then none of the forest creatures will be able to dream," one of the Newt Nurses muttered to the others. "And if they can't dream, they will start to get sick." Phoebe raised the Dreamlet to her face. She felt huge compared with the tiny creature, so she tried to speak very softly. "Where did the others go?" she asked gently. The Dreamlet gazed at Phoebe for a moment. Then it leapt from her paw and into the air. It began wriggling over to the cliff face.

Dreamlets。他们好像凭空消失了。 突然，菲比用眼角的余光看到有什么东西在悬崖与湖相接的地方移动。 她拍打着翅膀，朝那个地方跳了过去。 那儿，长长的草丛里，插着一只粉紫色相间的小梦。 菲比解开这个扭来扭去的小东西，小心翼翼地把它放在爪子里。 斯特拉和罗茜跳到了她身边，后面跟着一群非常焦虑的纽特护士。 “如果我们没有小梦，那么森林里的生物就不会做梦了。”其中一个护士咕哝着对其他人说。 “如果他们不能做梦，他们就会开始生病。” 菲比把梦星举到面前。 和这个小东西相比，她觉得自己很大，所以她尽量轻声说话。 “其他人去哪儿了?”她温柔地问。 梦女盯着菲比看了一会儿。 然后它从她的爪子里跳到了空中。 它开始扭动着爬向悬崖。

"Is it trying to escape? Maybe it's scared of us?" Rosie said. Phoebe shook her head. "I think it's trying to show us something. Look!" Phoebe pointed to a hole in the rock face near where the Dreamlet was wriggling. It looked like the mouth of a cave. Phoebe flew over and peered inside. It was very deep and very dark. Then she saw something that made her gasp. "Something is glowing down there! It HAS to be the Fire Sparks!" she shouted to the others. Stella and Rosie flew to join her. Phoebe would never normally climb into a deep, dark hole without knowing what was down there. She was not that sort of daredevil. But being a Night Dragon made her feel so capable, especially when she had Stella and Rosie with her. "Be careful!" called the newts. "The ground below this place is ancient and holds all kinds of powerful magic. Strange things happen down there. Watch out." Phoebe felt a shiver travel up her long, curved spine. But this did not change her mind. She turned to her friends.

“它想逃跑吗?”也许它怕我们?”罗西说。 菲比摇了摇头。“我认为它试图向我们展示一些东西。 看!”菲比指了指岩石表面上的一个洞，那个洞就在“梦幻号”扭动的地方附近。 它看起来像一个洞口。 菲比飞过去，朝里面看了看。 那里非常深，非常黑。 然后她看到了让她倒吸一口冷气的东西。 “下面有东西在发光!”一定是火花!”她对其他人喊道。 斯特拉和罗茜飞过去和她一起。 菲比通常不会在不知道下面是什么的情况下爬进一个很深的黑洞。 她不是那种胆大妄为的人。 但作为暗龙让她觉得自己很能干，尤其是当她有斯特拉和罗茜在身边的时候。 “小心!”蝾螈叫道。 “这个地方下面的土地很古老，蕴藏着各种强大的魔法。 奇怪的事情发生在那里。 小心。”菲比感到一阵寒颤，顺着她那又长又弯的脊背传了过来。 但这并没有改变她的想法。 她转向她的朋友们。

"Ready?" she asked. Stella and Rosie answered in one voice. "Let's go!" Phoebe tucked her wings around her torso and squeezed through the gap. It was dark, but once inside, she could see that the cave was wide enough for her to fly. She spread her wings and began to soar down the passage. Luckily, she could hear Rosie and Stella just behind her. That stopped her from feeling afraid. They flew along a tunnel that sloped downward. The occasional tree root broke through the rocky sides, and sometimes a drip of water fell on Phoebe's wings as they beat in the dank underground air. We're directly below the Moon Lake! Phoebe realized. As Phoebe turned a bend, the tunnel widened and she found herself in a huge open space. She landed softly, and her friends did the same. Phoebe could hear rushing water but could not quite make out where the sound was coming from.

“准备好了吗?”斯特拉和罗茜异口同声地回答。 “我们走吧!”菲比把翅膀夹在身体上，从缝隙里挤了进去。 天很黑，但一进去，她就能看到洞很宽，足以让她飞起来。 她展开翅膀，开始在走廊上翱翔。 幸运的是，她能听到罗西和斯特拉就在她身后。 这使她不再感到害怕。 他们沿着一条向下倾斜的隧道飞行。 偶尔会有树根冲破岩石的边缘，菲比的翅膀在潮湿的地下空气中拍打着，有时会有水滴落在翅膀上。 我们就在月亮湖的正下方!菲比实现。 菲比拐了个弯，隧道变宽了，她发现自己进入了一个巨大的开放空间。 她轻轻地落了下来，她的朋友们也这样做了。 菲比可以听到水流的声音，但不太清楚声音是从哪里来的。

She gave a quick roar. The glowing light from her roar spread out, illuminating the space in beautiful cool blues. What Phoebe saw made her gasp. They were in an underground garden, filled with the strangest flowers and plants she had ever seen. It was both creepy and beautiful. These must be night plants, thought Phoebe, ones that thrive away from the light. Most surprising of all was the river flowing through the garden. This was clearly no ordinary

她迅速吼了一声。从她的咆哮中发出的光芒扩散开来，用美丽的冷蓝色照亮了整个空间。 菲比看到的情景使她倒吸了一口气。 他们在一个地下花园里，花园里种满了她所见过的最奇特的花草。 它既恐怖又美丽。 菲比想，这些一定是夜间生长的植物，它们在背光的地方茁壮成长。 最令人惊奇的是流经花园的那条河。 这显然不寻常

river. The water was a mass of different colors. Shade of purple, blue, orange, green, and pink twisted and twirled around one another as the water rushed along. "Look!" Stella shouted. There, on the other side of the river, were the Dreamlets! When they spotted the Night Dragons, the creatures whizzed around in big, happy loops. But Phoebe noticed something strange. Every time a Dreamlet flew to the river's edge, they would leap back as though something had stung them. "I wonder why they don't just fly over to us?" Rosie mused. "Maybe they're scared?" Stella suggested. Phoebe heard a familiar voice in her ear. DasherGirl was back! "They can't fly across," she said, settling by Phoebe's side. "There is an electrical current reaching from the surface of the water all the way to the roof of the cave. It forms an invisible barrier. It's impossible to cross the river unless you are surrounded by Fire Sparks.

河。水是一团不同颜色的水。 紫色、蓝色、橙色、绿色和粉红色的阴影在水的奔涌中相互扭曲和旋转。 “看!”斯特拉喊道。在河的另一边，是梦中人!当他们发现夜龙时，这些生物欢快地绕着大圈旋转。 但是菲比注意到了一些奇怪的事情。 每当有梦龙飞到河边时，它们就会跳回去，好像有什么东西蜇了它们似的。 “我想知道他们为什么不直接飞过来?”罗西沉思。 “也许他们害怕了?”斯特拉。 菲比听到一个熟悉的声音在她耳边响起。 女孩回来了!“它们飞不过去，”她说着，在菲比身边坐了下来。 “有一股电流从水面一直延伸到洞穴的顶部。 它形成了一个看不见的屏障。 除非你被火苗包围，否则是不可能过河的。