Chapter 2

Chapter TWO Delphina and I left the palace and swam to school, with Inkibelle swishing along behind us. Delphina doesn't have a special pet but she does have a magical merteddy bear! (A vampire-fairy called Isadora Moon magicked it alive for her when she was visiting our underwater kingdom!) Delphina's merteddy goes everywhere

德尔菲娜和我离开宫殿，游向学校，因基贝利在我们后面嗖嗖地走着。 德尔菲娜没有特别的宠物，但她有一只神奇的人鱼熊！（一位名叫伊莎多拉·穆恩的吸血鬼仙女在访问我们的水下王国时为她施了魔法，让它活了起来！）德尔菲娜的merteddy到处都是

with her, just like Inkibelle comes everywhere with me! We reached Mrs Shell-Clackers Academy for Young Merpeople and Delphina waved goodbye. We go to different schools and she has to swim a little further.

和她在一起，就像因基贝利和我在一起一样！我们到了小人鱼的炮声夫人学院，德尔菲娜挥手告别。 我们上不同的学校，她得游得远一点。

I swam into the playground and spotted my friends right away. Marina, Oceana, Finn, and Aqua were huddled over a notebook, looking very busy with something.

我游进操场，立刻认出了我的朋友们。 玛丽娜、奥西娜、芬恩和阿卡挤在一起看笔记本，看上去忙得不可开交。

'Hi, Emerald!' said Marina, looking up. 'We're just designing our outfits for the Ocean Parade. Look, here's mine!' She held the notebook out towards me and I stared at the page, impressed.

“嗨,翡翠!玛丽娜抬起头说。 “我们正在为海洋巡游设计服装。 看，这是我的！”她把笔记本递给我，我盯着那一页，印象深刻。

Marina had designed a beautiful top with swathes of floaty material that would swirl behind her in the water. She was going to wear lots of pearl necklaces and stick pearl beads all the way up and down her arms too.

玛丽娜设计了一件漂亮的上衣，上面有一片片漂浮的材料，在她身后在水中打旋。 她要戴很多珍珠项链，还要在胳膊上到处挂珍珠。

'Oh!' I breathed. 'It's so you!' 'That's what I said!' Oceana smiled. I couldn't help but feel a tiny bit jealous. I wished I could wear exactly what I wanted to the Ocean Parade. But unlike my friends, I was going to have to wear a stupid old headdress and sit in the royal carriage! 'Hey, let's design your outfit, Emerald!' said Oceana. 'I expect you'll want something a bit more edgy with lots of sparkly dark greens in it.' 'I would,' I said. 'Except I'm sure I won't be allowed to dress how I usually do. I have to sit in the royal carriage this year and wear a special royal headdress!'

“哦!”我呼吸。“真像你！”“我就是这么说的！”Oceana笑了。 我忍不住有点嫉妒。 我希望我能穿我想穿的衣服去海洋游行。 但与我的朋友们不同的是，我将不得不戴上愚蠢的旧头饰，坐在皇家马车上！“嘿，让我们来设计你的衣服吧，翡翠！”奥西安娜说。 “我想你会想要一些更前卫的东西，里面有很多亮晶晶的深绿色。“我会的，”我说。 “除了我确定我不能再像平时那样穿衣服了。 今年我必须坐在皇家马车上，戴上特殊的皇家头饰！”