02 Enemies

CHAPTER 2 ENEMIES The friends flew on. Tag felt the air grow colder. He could see The Shadowlands up ahead. As they reached the edge of Thorn's home, the midday sun moved behind some gray clouds and the sky above went dark. There was no sign of light or of the clear blue sky. It was almost as black as night.

第二章敌人朋友们继续飞行。 泰格感到空气越来越冷了。 他可以看到前面的暗影之地。 当他们走到索恩家的边缘时，正午的太阳移到了一些灰色的云后，天空变暗了。 没有光的迹象，也没有湛蓝的天空。 周围几乎像黑夜一样漆黑。

Tag shivered. "I guess now we know why this part of Perodia is called The Shadowlands," he called to his friends. "I don't like the look of this one bit," Skyla added. "It's so creepy." Tag and Blaze flapped their wings harder. Below, the land was grey and dusty. There was no color at all. The only plants Tag could see were dead trees and thick, twisty bushes with thorns as long and sharp as a tiger bat's beak.

泰格颤抖。“我想现在我们知道为什么佩罗迪亚的这一部分被称为暗影之地了。”他对他的朋友们喊道。 “我一点也不喜欢这个样子，”斯凯拉补充道。 “太恐怖了。”泰格和火焰更用力地拍打着翅膀。 下面，大地灰蒙蒙，尘土飞扬。 根本没有颜色。 塔格唯一能看到的植物是枯死的树和密密麻麻的灌木丛，荆棘又长又尖，就像虎蝠的嘴一样。

"We're almost across!" Tag yelled to his friends. With her long wings, Blaze could fly much faster than Tag. Usually she flew beside him, but The Shadowlands had scared them all and she started to fly ahead. Skyla held on tight, trying not to look down.

“我们快过河了！”泰格对他的朋友们喊道。 凭借她长长的翅膀，Blaze可以比Tag飞得快得多。 通常她都在他旁边飞，但暗影国度把他们都吓坏了，她开始在前面飞。 斯凯拉紧紧抓住不放，尽量不往下看。

"Hurry, Tag!" Skyla called behind her. Tag focused ahead. He could see the sun again, peeping out along the edge of Valor Wood. He flew faster and caught up to Blaze. But in the sky, at the far edge of The Shadowlands, was a dark, fuzzy cloud. And it was heading right for them. What is that? Tag wondered. He narrowed his eyes, trying to see the cloud more clearly. Soon, Tag realized it wasn't a cloud after all. It was glowing. He gasped. Thorn's spies! "We have to turn back!" Tag shouted. Hundreds of tiny orange eyes sped toward them.

“快点,泰格!”斯凯拉在她身后喊道。 泰格注视着前方。他又看见太阳从英勇森林的边缘探出头来。 他飞得更快了，追上了火焰。 但在天空中，在暗影之地的遥远边缘，有一片黑暗、模糊的云。 它正朝他们飞过来。 那是什么？泰格很好奇。 他眯起眼睛，想把云看得更清楚。 很快，泰格意识到那根本不是云。 它在发光。他气喘吁吁地说。 刺的间谍!“我们必须回去！”泰格喊道。 几百只小小的橙色眼睛飞快地朝他们望过来。

"Locusts!" Blaze yelled over the buzz of the flying creatures. Tag squinted. The locusts were small and green with clear wings. They look like flying grasshoppers, but grasshoppers are friendly creatures, Tag thought. These locusts are not. "We've flown so far already!" Skyla cried. "We can't go backward!" "Where else can we go?" Blaze asked. Tag glanced down at the thornbushes below. There was only one choice. "We have to get out of the sky," he said as the locusts zoomed toward them. "Into The Shadowlands!"

“蝗虫!”火焰盖过了飞行生物的嗡嗡声。 泰格眯起了双眼。蝗虫又小又绿，翅膀清澈。 它们看起来像会飞的蚱蜢，但蚱蜢是友好的生物，泰格想。 这些蝗虫不是。“我们已经飞了这么远了！”Skyla哭了。 “我们不能倒退！”“我们还能去哪里？”大火问道。 泰格朝下面的荆棘树丛瞥了一眼。 只有一个选择。 “我们必须离开天空，”当蝗虫向他们飞来时，他说。 “到暗影之地去！”