Chapter 5

5 "What should we do?" Phoebe whispered nervously. "We don't know how to be stars!" Rosie added. "I hardly know how to be a dragon," Stella agreed. "But I suppose we'll figure it out." "Right. It's too important not to try," Phoebe said.

“我们该怎么办?”菲比紧张地小声说。 “我们不知道如何成为星星!”罗西补充道。 “我几乎不知道如何成为一条龙，”斯特拉同意道。 “但我想我们会想办法的。” “对了。这太重要了，不能不试一试。”菲比说。

Stella could tell Phoebe was still worried. She was proud of her friend for not letting that stop her. Together, the three Night Dragons turned to face Madame Prancey. "We will audition," said Stella, trying to sound more confident than she felt. Madame Prancey snorted. "This is a dance school for stars, not dragons." "But we are Night Dragons," said Stella. "And I am the Starlight Dragon. So I am a star… kind of." Madame Prancey thought about this, then nodded. "Fine. I will make an exception. This once." The junior stars cheered and flocked around the dragons. They seemed excited to see the audition. Or maybe they were just happy their lesson was over! Madame Prancey shooed them back. "Give the dragons plenty of room," she warned. "If you get stomped on, you'll end up as stardust."

斯特拉看得出菲比还在担心。 她为她的朋友没有因此而气馁而感到骄傲。 三只夜龙一起转过身来面对普朗西夫人。 “我们去试镜，”斯特拉说，努力让自己的声音听起来更自信。 普朗西夫人哼了一声。“这是一所培养明星的舞蹈学校，不是培养龙的。” “但我们是夜龙，”斯特拉说。 “我就是星光龙。 所以我是一个明星……某种程度上。” 普朗西夫人想了想，点点头。 “很好。我可以破例一次。 这一次。”年轻的明星们欢呼着，簇拥在龙的周围。 他们对试镜很兴奋。 或者他们只是很高兴他们的课结束了!普朗西夫人把他们赶走了。 “给龙足够的空间。”她警告说。 “如果你被踩到，你最终会变成星尘。”

The little stars squealed and scattered. Madame Prancey clapped her hooves once more. "Let us begin. To be allowed into the Star Fields Dance Academy, there are three basic moves you must be able to do." Stella gulped. "What are the moves?" "Twinkling. Shining. And shooting across the sky," Madame Prancey replied. "You can choose the order." "We'll start with shooting across the sky," Stella decided, tingling with excitement. This seemed like a move they would have no trouble with. She glanced at her friends. "Ready, on the count of three? One, two, three… go!" Stella shot up into the air, Rosie on one side and Phoebe on the other. The three had flown together a lot, and they streaked across the sky in perfect formation. "Go, Night Dragons!" whooped the junior stars. "Loop?" Stella called, and with their wings stretched out to touch, the trio executed a neat

小星星尖叫着散开了。 普朗西夫人又跺了跺脚。 “让我们开始吧。要想进入星田舞蹈学院，你必须会三个基本动作。” 斯特拉一饮而尽。“有什么动作?””闪烁。 灿烂。在天空中射击，”普朗西夫人回答。 “你可以选择顺序。” “我们从拍摄天空开始，”斯特拉决定，兴奋得浑身发麻。 这似乎是一个他们不会有问题的举动。 她瞥了她的朋友们一眼。 “准备，数到三?” 一、二、三……开始!”斯特拉飞向空中，罗茜在一边，菲比在另一边。 这三架飞机经常一起飞行，它们以完美的队形划过天空。 “加油，夜龙们!” “循环?”斯特拉叫了一声，他们张开翅膀，想要触碰对方

loop. When they landed, the little stars clustered around them, twinkling wildly. "Not bad," Madame Prancey said. She looked surprised and impressed. "What will you do next?" Stella looked across at her friends. Their bright scales were lit up by the glow of the small stars. "We're already doing the next one," she said, stretching out her wings. "Look at how we're shining!" Madame Prancey tapped a hoof to her mouth thoughtfully. "That is true," she said. "You have a different type of shine, but you are definitely shining." Stella grinned. They had already passed two moves! Madame Prancey crossed her front legs over her chest. "Now it's time for twinkling. For stars, this is easy. They can twinkle in their sleep. In

循环。着陆后，小星星簇拥在他们周围，疯狂地闪烁着。 “还不错，”普兰西夫人说。 她看起来既惊讶又印象深刻。 “接下来你要做什么?”斯特拉看着她的朋友们。 它们明亮的鳞片被小星星的光辉照亮了。 “我们已经在做下一个了，”她说着，展开了翅膀。 “看看我们多么闪亮!”普朗西夫人用蹄子敲了敲嘴巴，若有所思。 “这倒是真的，”她说。“你有一种不同的光芒，但你确实在发光。” Stella咧嘴一笑。他们已经过了两步了!普朗西夫人把前腿交叉在胸前。 “现在是闪光的时候了。 对于恒星来说，这很容易。它们会在睡梦中闪烁。 在

fact, they often are asleep when they twinkle. But I have never seen a dragon twinkle." "We are not normal dragons, remember," Stella said. She turned to the others. "Let's try roaring," she said. "That's not really twinkling," Phoebe whispered. "Our roars are a bit twinkly, especially as they start to fade." Stella shrugged. "It's worth a try, right?" Rosie and Phoebe agreed. The trio breathed in the cool night air and roared as loudly as they could. The sky above the clearing filled with swirling pinks, purples, blues, and oranges, lighting up the surrounding trees and making them glow. "Oooooh!" The little stars clapped their points. "So pretty!" "Very pretty, yes," Madame Prancey agreed, tossing her mane. "But not twinkling."

事实上，当它们闪烁的时候，它们通常是在睡觉。 但我从来没见过龙在闪烁。” “记住，我们不是普通的龙，”斯特拉说。 她转向其他人。“我们试试咆哮吧，”她说。 “那不是真正的闪烁。”菲比低声说。 “我们的咆哮有点闪烁，尤其是当它们开始消退的时候。” 斯特拉耸了耸肩。“值得一试，对吧?”罗茜和菲比同意了。 三人呼吸着夜晚凉爽的空气，尽可能大声地咆哮。 空地上的天空布满了粉红色、紫色、蓝色和橙色的漩涡，照亮了周围的树木，使它们发光。 “嗡嗡!”小星星拍着他们的尖。 “那么漂亮!”“很漂亮，是的，”普朗西夫人赞同地说，甩了甩她的鬃毛。 “但不是闪光。”

Stella frowned. "Why are you making this so hard?" she snapped. "We are trying to help the stars and the Magic Forest. Don't you understand that the Fire Queen is dangerous?" Stella expected that the teacher would argue right back. But Madame Prancey didn't say a word. She was looking at something just behind the dragons. The junior stars had also gone quiet.

斯特拉皱起了眉头。“你为什么把这件事弄得这么难?”她厉声说。 “我们正在努力帮助星星和魔法森林。 难道你不知道火后很危险吗?”斯特拉以为老师会马上反驳。 但普朗西夫人一句话也没说。 她在看龙后面的什么东西。 年轻的明星们也安静下来了。