Chapter 9

9 The air rushed past Phoebe's scales as she and the others whooshed up through the night sky. Higher and higher they soared. Soon the clouds loomed large up ahead. "This is amazing!" Stella whooped. She was soaring along, holding tight to her moonbeam and smiling from one dragon ear to the other. Not far behind was Rosie, who had wrapped the moonbeam around her middle and was doing twirls like a circus performer.

菲比和其他人在夜空中呼啸而上，空气掠过了她的鳞片。 他们飞得越来越高。 不久，前面乌云密布。 “这太神奇了!”斯特拉发出一阵骚动。 她紧紧抓住月光，从一条龙的耳朵到另一条龙的耳朵都在微笑。 罗西紧随其后，她把月光裹在腰上，像马戏团演员一样旋转着。

DasherGirl fluttered beside Phoebe. "The Dream Clouds are just ahead," she reported. Phoebe could see a thick layer of silvery cloud. It looked like it had been sprinkled with glitter. "Once we pass into the clouds, let go of your moonbeam," DasherGirl said. "I'll tell you when." Phoebe closed her eyes as they entered the silvery clouds. She got a whiff of lavender. When she opened her eyes again, Phoebe and her friends were on the other side of the clouds. "Okay, Night Dragons. Let go of your moonbeams now!" instructed DasherGirl. Phoebe took a deep breath and let go. She and the others stopped zooming up, and for a moment were suspended in midair. Then they floated down toward the layer of clouds just below. The clouds were puffy and beautiful except for the reddish glow cast on them by the Fire Moon. "We can't fly up here, right?" asked Stella as they drifted lower. "No, but look! We can use our wings to glide." Rosie stretched out her elegant twilight-colored wings.

小女孩在菲比身边颤抖着。 “梦云就在前面，”她报告说。 菲比可以看到一层厚厚的银色云。 它看起来像被洒上了闪闪发光的东西。 “一旦我们进入云层，放开你的月光。” “我会告诉你的。”菲比闭上眼睛，他们进入银色的云层。 她闻到一股薰衣草味。 当她再次睁开眼睛时，菲比和她的朋友们已经在云层的另一边了。 “好吧，夜龙们。放开你的月光!” 菲比深吸了一口气，松手了。 她和其他人停止了急速上升，在半空中停了一会儿。 然后他们向下面的云层飘去。 除了火月在云层上投下的红色光芒外，云朵蓬松而美丽。 “我们不能飞到这里来，对吧?”当他们飞得更低时，斯特拉问。 “不，但是你看!我们可以用翅膀滑翔。” 罗茜展开了她优雅的淡色翅膀。

Phoebe and Stella did the same, and together, the three friends landed on the huge Dream Cloud. They were suddenly surrounded by little cloudlike creatures. "Are they Sky Skimmers?" Stella whispered. "They look a bit like the ones we met on our last quest." "Hmm, these are different. They're more wispy and see-through," Rosie said. "We are cousins," one of the little cloud creatures explained. "But there's no time to chat about family resemblances. What has happened to these Dreamlets?" "They are so thin and weak," cried another Sky Skimmer, sounding outraged. "Who has been looking after them?" Phoebe knew that the Sky Skimmers did not mean to be rude. But the Dragon Girls had been through so much to get the Dreamlets here. A thank-you would be nice! Suddenly, a gasp went up among the Sky Skimmers. "NOOOO! How did THEY get here?"

菲比和斯特拉也这样做了，三个朋友一起降落在巨大的梦云上。 他们突然被一群云状的小生物包围了。 “他们是掠天者吗?”斯特拉低声说。 “他们看起来有点像我们在上次任务中遇到的人。” “嗯，这些是不同的。 它们更纤细，更透明，”罗西说。 “我们是表兄弟，”其中一个小云团解释道。 “但没有时间谈论家族相似之处。 这些梦中人怎么样了?”“他们又瘦又弱，”另一个天空掠食者愤怒地喊道。 “谁一直在照顾他们?”菲比知道，掠天者并不是有意无礼。 但是龙女们经历了很多才把梦女们弄到这里来。 说声谢谢就好了!突然，掠天者们倒吸了一口气。 “他!他们是怎么到这儿来的?”

Phoebe's insides lurched. Fire Sparks! The Sky Skimmers whooshed back and forth in a panic. "Fire Sparks have NEVER been this high before!" DasherGirl said. "The Dream Clouds have always been a safe space for the dreams of the forest. This is very serious!" As DasherGirl was speaking, Phoebe smelled something. Something awful. Whirling around, she saw that wherever the Fire Sparks were buzzing, the clouds were smoking! Would they catch fire? The angry feelings in Phoebe's chest grew. How dare those sparks do this? Looking across at her friends, Phoebe could see they were angry with the Fire Sparks, too. But the angrier they got, the more Fire Sparks appeared. And the brighter and hotter they became!

菲比的五脏六腑一阵颤动。火的火花!“掠天者”在恐慌中来回呼啸。 “火花火从来没有这么高过!”DasherGirl说。 “梦云一直是森林梦想的安全空间。 这是非常严重的!”就在dashergrgirl说话的时候，菲比闻到了一股味道。 很糟糕的事情。她转了一圈，看到火星嗡嗡作响的地方，云层都在冒烟!它们会着火吗? 菲比心中的怒火越来越大。 那些人怎么敢这么做? 菲比看了看对面的朋友们，发现他们也在生火花的气。 但他们越生气，火花就越多。 它们变得越来越亮，越来越热!

"We must stay calm," Phoebe called, as much to herself as to the others. The Fire Sparks rose up in one big, buzzing cloud. They hovered above the Night Dragons. "I've got a bad feeling about this," muttered Rosie as the Fire Sparks began to dive-bomb them. The Night Dragons hurried to shield all the Dreamlets from the Fire Sparks with their wings. Luckily their thick scales meant the Dragon Girls did not get hurt, but the attacks weren't fun. More and more Fire Sparks appeared.

“我们必须保持冷静，”菲比喊道，既是对别人，也是对自己。 火苗在一大片嗡嗡作响的云中升起。 他们在夜龙上空盘旋。 “我有一种不好的感觉，”罗茜嘟囔着，因为火花火开始俯冲轰炸他们。 夜龙们赶紧用翅膀保护所有的梦女不受火焰火花的伤害。 幸运的是，它们厚厚的鳞片意味着龙女没有受伤，但攻击并不好玩。 越来越多的火花出现了。

"I am really trying not to get mad," Stella said through gritted teeth, "but it's tough. I feel like someone terrible is throwing sparklers at me." "I know what you mean!" Rosie groaned. "And the Dreamlets look weaker than ever, poor things." By now, Phoebe was feeling so worked up that it was hard to think straight. Come on, she urged herself. There HAS to be a way to beat the Fire Sparks. She squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, blocking out all the blazing lights. It was odd how, even though she hated the dark, she often did her best thinking with her eyes closed. It was the opposite of what you'd expect. The opposite? Phoebe's mind whirred on that one word, opposite. Opening her eyes, she looked over at her friends. "Instead of trying to squash our anger, let's let it out. In a roar!" she whispered. "We need a roar that's big enough to drown out all these sparks AND cool down the Fire Moon." Getting really mad was going to be MUCH easier than trying to squish the feelings down!

“我真的在努力不让自己生气，”斯特拉咬牙切齿地说，“但这很难。 我感觉好像有坏人朝我扔烟火。” “我明白你的意思!”罗西呻吟着。 “可怜的人儿，梦人看起来比以前更弱了。” 此时，菲比感到非常激动，以至于很难思考清楚。 来吧，她催促自己。 一定有办法打败火焰火花。 她紧紧地闭上眼睛，挡住了所有耀眼的灯光。 奇怪的是，尽管她讨厌黑暗，但她常常闭着眼睛思考问题。 这与你所期望的正好相反。 相反的吗?菲比的脑海里盘旋着“对面”这个词。 她睁开眼睛，看着她的朋友们。 “不要试图压制我们的愤怒，让我们把它发泄出来。 她低声说。 “我们需要一个足够大的吼声来淹没所有的火花，让火月冷却下来。” 真的生气比试图压制这种感觉要容易得多!