04 The Portal

CHAPTER 4 THE PORTAL Skyla pulled the three golden feathers out of her armor. The clearing sparkled with glittering light. "Look!" Blaze shouted, pointing behind Tag. "The circle of tall rocks that Thaddeus told us about is right there!"

斯凯拉从她的盔甲上拔下三根金色的羽毛。 空地上闪闪发光。 “看!”火焰喊道，指着泰格的身后。 “塞笛厄斯告诉我们的那圈高大的岩石就在那儿！”

Tag gasped. "Blaze, your eyes!" Blaze's eyes were sparkling gold, just like the feathers! "What's happening to your sack?" Skyla asked, pointing at Tag's sack. Pale sparkly light shone out of it. Tag quickly opened his sack. The Ember Stone shone as bright as the moon. "Be careful, Tag," Blaze warned. "It might be hot." Tag gently touched the stone. "It's cold," he said. "That's strange," Skyla said. She wrinkled her nose. "The Ember Stone usually burns hot and purple when it shines." "Maybe it uses a different kind of magic to open the door," Tag suggested.

标签气喘吁吁地说。“火焰，你的眼睛！”火焰的眼睛闪闪发光，就像羽毛一样！“你的口袋怎么了？”斯凯拉指着泰格的袋子问道。 它发出苍白的闪光。 泰格迅速打开他的袋子。 余烬之石像月亮一样明亮。 “小心点，泰格。”布雷兹警告道。 “可能会很热。”泰格轻轻地碰了碰石头。 “很冷，”他说。“真奇怪，”斯凯拉说。 她皱起鼻子。“烬石发光时，通常会烧得又热又紫。” “也许它用了另一种魔法来开门，”泰格说。

Blaze nodded and picked up the stone. "I think one of these tall rocks might be the portal," she said. She moved away from the circle of rocks. As she did, the light in her eyes flickered, and the light of the feathers and of the Ember Stone grew duller. Skyla gasped. "I think you're right!" "Move closer to the rocks," Tag said. Blaze hopped closer, and everything grew brighter. "See? The feathers are showing us the way!" she said.

Blaze点点头，捡起了石头。 “我认为这些高大的岩石中的一个可能是入口，”她说。 她离开了那圈岩石。 与此同时，她眼中的光芒闪烁，羽毛和余烬之石的光芒变得暗淡。 Skyla气喘吁吁地说。“我想你是对的！”“靠近岩石，”泰格说。 火焰跳得更近了，一切都变得更明亮了。 “看到了吗?羽毛在给我们指路！”她说。

She stood in the center of the rock circle and slowly turned to face each one. "If one of these rocks is the portal, then it should light up," she said. When Blaze faced the final rock, the Ember Stone and the three feathers grew so bright that Tag and Skyla had to shield their eyes. The light made an outline of a doorway on the rock.

她站在岩石圈的中央，慢慢地转过身来面对每一个人。 “如果其中一块石头是传送门，那么它应该会亮起来，”她说。 当火焰面对最后一块岩石时，灰烬之石和三根羽毛变得如此明亮，以至于泰格和斯凯拉不得不遮住眼睛。 灯光勾勒出岩石上一扇门的轮廓。

"The magic portal!" Tag said, jumping up and down. A loud scraping sound filled the air as the tall rock began to tremble. It started to crumble away, turning to dust. And there, in the middle of the clearing was a sparkling staircase.

“魔法传送门！”泰格说着，跳上跳下。 当高大的岩石开始颤抖时，空气中充满了巨大的刮擦声。 它开始崩塌，变成了灰尘。 在那片空地的中央，有一座闪闪发光的楼梯。

Tag gazed into the portal. The stairs seemed to wind up and up and up, as far as he could see. He thought about the dark figure again, and shivered.

泰格凝视着传送门。 楼梯似乎在他所能看到的范围内蜿蜒而上。 他又想起了那个黑影，打了个寒颤。