10 The Deadly Shadow

10. THE DEADLY SHADOW Hiccup was so tired he fell asleep immediately. All around the castle battlements, the nightly shrieking and the screaming of the Dragon Rebellion had begun, the exploding weapons, the whine of the arrows being launched at the dragon attackers. But while the sentries were on duty up there on the battlements, the rest of the prison was sleeping: witch, King, warriors, slaves and all. And that night, through the quiet corridors of the sleeping prison, something moved like an invisible mist. You could not see the shining mirage of the Deadly Shadow as he crept through the rooms like a silent doom. But he was there nonetheless, like Death himself. He knew exactly where he was heading. Outside the dungeon entrance he paused, and his three heads sniffed with satisfaction, drinking in the smell of Hiccup. If you could have seen the Shadow, you would have seen a gorgeous, shining invisible tail disappearing down the stairs going to the dungeon, like the tail of a beautiful imaginary cat entering a mouse hole.

10. 致命的阴影嗝嗝太累了，他马上就睡着了。 在城堡的城垛周围，龙族叛乱的夜间尖叫和尖叫开始了，武器爆炸，箭矢射向攻击龙的人的哀鸣声也开始了。 但是，当哨兵在城垛上执勤的时候，监狱里的其他人都在睡觉：女巫、国王、勇士、奴隶等等。 那天晚上，在沉睡的监狱里安静的走廊里，有什么东西像一团看不见的雾一样移动着。 当他像无声的厄运一样在房间里爬来爬去的时候，你看不见他那闪闪发光的幻影。 但他仍然在那里，就像死神一样。 他很清楚自己要去哪里。 在地牢门口，他停了下来，他的三个脑袋满意地嗅了嗅，吸着嗝嗝的气味。 如果你能看到黑影，你就会看到一条华丽的、闪亮的、看不见的尾巴消失在楼梯上，走向地牢，就像一只想象中的美丽的猫的尾巴进入了老鼠洞。

But you couldn't see him. Meanwhile, Hiccup woke up from a nightmare about the Monster of the Slavelands breaking into Prison Darkheart itself… And then when he sat up, sweating, he found nothing there but the slaves all around him, sleeping the sleep of those who had spent an exhausting day sailing their way across the sands. But what was that? He thought he heard a noise, a noise that was nearer than the constant distant din of the Dragon Rebellion outside. There it was again. He strained to hear the noise once more. Nothing. Toothless and the Wodensfang were still snoring on the straw. They were sleeping so soundly. Surely that must mean it was nothing? Surely they would wake if there were any real danger? But still Hiccup's heart beat as quick as a mouse. What was that noise? Was that the noise of nothing? He was just thinking that the entire thing had been all in his imagination, when out of nowhere something jumped on him, wrapping itself tightly around his mouth so he could not scream, and he and the Wodensfang and Toothless were wrapped around

但你看不见他。与此同时，小嗝嗝从噩梦中醒来，梦见奴隶之地的怪物闯进了黑心监狱……当他坐起来，满头大汗的时候，他发现周围什么也没有，只有奴隶们，他们在沙滩上航行了一天，精疲力尽，睡得很香。 但那是什么？他觉得自己听到了一种声音，这种声音比外面龙族叛乱持续不断的喧闹声更近。 它又出现了。他竭力想再听一遍那声音。 什么都没有。没有牙齿的沃登斯还在稻草上打呼噜。 他们睡得很香。 那肯定意味着什么都不是吧？ 如果真的有危险，他们肯定会醒过来吧？ 但是小嗝嗝的心跳还是像老鼠一样快。 那是什么声音？那是无中生有的声音吗？ 他正以为这一切都是他的想象，突然不知从哪里冒出来一个东西，紧紧地缠住了他的嘴，他叫不出声来，他和沃登牙和无牙被紧紧地缠在了一起

like a parcel and picked up off the bed. The Wodensfang's ears were as purple as blueberries and jumping about pointing to north, south, east and west so violently they threatened to rattle themselves right off the poor Wodensfang's head. 'Danger!' the Wodensfang was trying to squeak. 'Danger! Danger! Danger!' But Hiccup had already realised he was in a dangerous situation. Hiccup tried to struggle but his arms and legs were clamped by his sides, as if by tentacles, or some strange invisible force so strong that he could barely move as he was inexorably carried off. He was so scared he could hardly think. How could he be attacked from inside the castle? What could this be? His mind jostled with Rocket-Rages, with Piranha Hermit dragons, with Something Worse than all of these, something that could not possibly exist, a thing with a claw that had an eye atop every single talon. But how could any of these things, in real life, sneak past the sentries that were currently blasting their way at anything that tried to get near the castle walls? 'Mff!' cried Hiccup, trying to kick out. 'Mff! Mff! Mff!'

像个包裹一样从床上捡起来。 沃登斯方的耳朵像蓝莓一样紫，跳来跳去，指着北、南、东、西，跳得那么厉害，简直要把自己从可怜的沃登斯方的头上摇下来。 “危险!沃登斯弗试图尖声说。 “危险!危险!危险!”但是小嗝嗝已经意识到他的处境很危险。 小嗝嗝想挣扎，但他的胳膊和腿被身体两侧夹住了，好像是被触手夹住了，或者是被某种奇怪的看不见的力量夹住了，这种力量如此强大，以至于他几乎不能移动，因为他被无情地带走了。 他吓得几乎不能思考。 他怎么可能从城堡里被攻击呢？ 这是什么呢？他的脑子里满是火箭狂怒，食人鱼隐士龙，还有比这一切更糟糕的东西，一种不可能存在的东西，一种每只爪子上面都有一只眼睛的东西。 但是，在现实生活中，这些东西怎么可能偷偷溜过哨兵呢？哨兵正在对任何试图靠近城堡墙壁的东西进行爆破。 “Mff !小嗝嗝叫道，想踢出去。 “Mff !Mff !Mff !”