11 An Old Enemy

CHAPTER 11 AN OLD ENEMY Tag's wings shook as he stared up at Thorn. He held out his dagger. Tag, Blaze, and Skyla had helped stop the evil vulture's plan to destroy the enchanted land of Perodia. Now, it seemed, he had come after them for revenge!

第十一章宿敌泰格抬头望着索恩，翅膀抖动起来。 他伸出他的匕首。泰格、火焰和斯凯拉帮助阻止了邪恶的秃鹫摧毁魔法之地佩罗迪亚的计划。 现在看来，他是来报复他们的！

"I knew someone was following us!" Tag cried. "I should have known it was you, Thorn!" Tag thought of all the times he had seen the dark smudge on the map and the dark figure in the trees. He gripped his sack tighter, knowing the Ember Stone was still safely inside. He must have followed us into the Cloud Kingdom, Tag thought. I'm not letting him get his claws on the stone! Blaze stepped forward, her wings glowing. She looked angry.

“我就知道有人在跟踪我们！”标签哭了。 “我早该知道是你，索恩！”泰格想起了他多次看到地图上的黑点和树上的黑影。 他把麻袋抓得更紧，知道灰烬之石还安然无恙。 他一定是跟着我们进了云王国，泰格想。 我不会让他的爪子碰到石头的！火焰走上前去，翅膀发光。 她看上去很生气。

"Wait!" the vulture said, holding out his wings. "It's not what you think." "So you haven't been following us?" asked Tag. The vulture looked at the ground. "Well, I have been following you. But not to hurt you. And I am not Thorn. I'm his twin brother, Claw." "Ho!" Tag laughed. "How can we believe you?" The vulture limped over to stand right before the friends. Blaze frowned as she eyed Claw. "Thorn didn't have a bad leg, she said slowly.

“等等！”秃鹰说着，伸出了翅膀。 “不是你想的那样。” “所以你没有跟踪我们？”泰格问。 秃鹰看着地面。 “嗯，我一直在跟着你。 但不是为了伤害你。我也不是索恩。 我是他的孪生兄弟，克劳。” “喂!”标签笑了。“我们怎么能相信你呢？”秃鹰一瘸一拐地站在朋友们面前。 火焰皱起眉头看着爪子。 “索恩的腿没坏，”她慢慢地说。

Claw smiled at Blaze. "When Thorn attacked the firehawks on Fire Island, I tried to help them. I am not like my brother," he explained. "I have no powers. Thorn wanted me to become one of his spies. But I did not want to see Perodia destroyed. When firehawks opened the portal to the Cloud Kingdom, I followed them. But when we arrived, the firehawks disappeared. I was trapped here! There is no way out of the Cloud Kingdom without magic! When I saw Blaze—a firehawk—l thought you might be able to help me. I just want to go home." Blaze nodded. "I know how it feels to be trapped," she said.

Claw对Blaze笑了笑。“当索恩在火岛上攻击火鹰时，我试图帮助他们。 我不像我哥哥，”他解释道。 “我没有超能力。索恩想让我成为他的间谍。 但我不想看到佩罗迪亚被毁。 火鹰打开云王国之门时，我跟着他们。 但我们一到，火鹰就不见了。 我被困在这里了！没有魔法就没有办法离开云王国！当我看到火焰——一只火鹰——我想你也许能帮助我。 我只想回家。”火焰点了点头。 “我知道被困住的感觉，”她说。

Tag looked at Skyla and Blaze. Claw didn't know that they had their own magic to get back to Perodia—the Ember Stone and the golden feathers. "Can I travel with you?" Claw asked. "If I stay with you, we might find a portal together. Please, I just want to find a way back home." Tag remembered what Claw had said about following the firehawks into the Cloud Kingdom. Maybe Claw could lead us to the firehawks, he thought. A plan began to form in his head. But can we trust Claw? he wondered, looking into the vulture's eyes.

泰格看着斯凯拉和布雷兹。 Claw不知道他们有自己的魔法可以回到perodia——烬之石和金色羽毛。 “我能和你一起旅行吗？”爪问道。 “如果我和你在一起，我们可能会一起找到传送门。 求你了，我只想找到回家的路。” 泰格想起了克劳说过要跟着火鹰进入云王国。 也许克劳能带我们找到火鹰，他想。 一个计划开始在他的头脑中形成。 但我们能相信克劳吗？他望着秃鹰的眼睛，心里纳闷。