07 Focus

CHAPTER 7 FOCUS Grey rolled up the paper. "You know what you need to do, Blaze," he said. "Focus all of your powers on the Ember Stone: fire bolts, the cry of the firehawk, and your flaming wings." Blaze looked at her friends. "You can do it," Tag told her.

格雷把纸卷起来。 “你知道你需要做什么，布雷兹，”他说。 “把你所有的力量集中在烬石上：火焰弩箭，火鹰的叫声，还有你燃烧的翅膀。” 布雷兹看着她的朋友们。 “你能做到的，”泰格告诉她。

Skyla nodded. "We'll be with you the whole time." "I can do this," Blaze said softly. She closed her eyes, then held out her wings, letting her feathers glow bright. A small fire bolt shot out and landed on the scroll. It caught fire! "Blaze!" Skyla cried out, but Tag held her back. Grey wrapped the scroll within his wings, putting the fire out. "Luckily, we don't need this anymore," he said. "Now try again to focus—

Skyla点点头。“我们会一直陪着你的。” “我能做到，”布雷兹轻声说。 她闭上眼睛，然后伸出翅膀，让她的羽毛闪闪发光。 一个小火柱射了出来，落在卷轴上。 它着火了！“大火!”斯凯拉大叫起来，但泰格把她拉了回来。 格蕾把卷轴裹在翅膀里，扑灭了火。 “幸运的是，我们不再需要这个了，”他说。 “现在再试着集中注意力——

BOOM! A loud thunderclap interrupted Grey. It echoed throughout the tunnel. Grey looked toward the exit. "We are out of time. Our friends need us." Blaze took a deep breath, then nodded. Tag and Skyla pulled out their weapons. All three friends followed Grey out of the tunnel. Tag looked to the sky. The nixies' magic shield was gone! There is nothing to stop Thorn and The Shadow from destroying Valor Wood, Tag thought as they raced to the center of the forest.

繁荣!一声巨大的雷声打断了格雷的话。 这声音在隧道里回荡。 格蕾朝出口望去。 “我们没时间了。我们的朋友需要我们。” 火焰深深地吸了一口气，然后点了点头。 泰格和斯凯拉掏出了武器。 三个朋友都跟着格雷走出了隧道。 塔格望着天空。少女们的魔法盾牌不见了！没有什么能阻止索恩和黑影摧毁英勇森林，泰格一边想，一边冲向森林的中心。

The storm raged on. Bright flashes of lightning hit the ground. Trees were knocked down by the fierce wind. One was hit by a lightning bolt, and it caught fire. Finally, they reached the others. "Tag!" Nova cried. "I'm sorry our shield failed. Thorn's magic was too powerful." "Your shield helped a lot. And I know you did your best," Tag replied. Then he saw flames blazing in the distance. "Fire!" "Owls of Valor!" Grey called. Maximus and the Owls of Valor took off.

暴风雨继续肆虐。明亮的闪电击中地面。 树被狂风刮倒了。 其中一辆被闪电击中，着火了。 最后，他们找到了其他人。 “标签!”Nova哭了。“很遗憾，我们的护盾失效了。 索恩的魔法太强大了。” “你的盾牌帮了大忙。 我知道你已经尽力了。”泰格回答。 然后他看到远处有火焰在燃烧。 “火!”“勇敢的猫头鹰！”灰色。 马克西姆斯和英勇的猫头鹰飞走了。

"We'll help fight the fire," said Nova, and the nixies followed the owls. Tag, Blaze, Skyla, and Grey stayed behind. "We're not going anywhere," Skyla told Blaze. "Try to use your powers again," Tag added. Blaze held the Ember Stone in her beak. She closed her eyes, trying to focus her powers into the stone. She flapped her wings. Slowly, the Ember Stone began to glow purple, then orange, then gold. Blaze's body did the same. Her golden feathers shone in the darkness.

“我们将帮助灭火。”诺瓦说，于是水仙们跟着猫头鹰。 泰格，火焰，斯凯拉和格蕾都留下来了。 “我们哪儿也不去，”斯凯拉告诉Blaze。 “试着再次使用你的能力，”泰格补充道。 烈焰用嘴衔着烬石。 她闭上眼睛，试图把她的力量集中在石头上。 她拍打着翅膀。慢慢地，余烬之石开始发出紫色、橙色、金色的光芒。 Blaze的尸体也是如此。 她的金色羽毛在黑暗中闪闪发光。

She drew a breath to let out her cry. But there was a huge flash of light from the Ember Stone, and— CRASH! Tag and Skyla were thrown to the ground. "Where is Blaze?" Skyla cried, looking around. Tag jumped up. He didn't see her at first. A little way ahead, Blaze sat on the ground, her head in her wings. She was still holding the Ember Stone, but her wings were no longer glowing or golden... The stone and Blaze's feathers were black.

她吸了一口气，把哭声止住了。 但是灰烬之石发出了一道巨大的闪光，然后——砰！泰格和斯凯拉被摔在地上。 “火焰在哪儿？”斯凯拉环顾四周，叫道。 泰格跳了起来。起初他没有看见她。 在前面不远的地方，火焰坐在地上，把头埋在翅膀里。 她仍然拿着灰烬之石，但她的翅膀不再发光或金色…… 石头和火焰的羽毛都是黑色的。