Chapter 9

CHAPTER NINE Violet thumped her fists against the door and Twinkle battered it with his hooves, but it held firm. Eventually, they sank back, exhausted. "What are we going to do?" Violet said in despair. "We've got to get out of here and warn the others. If Ms Willow captures them, it'll be all our fault." She threw her arms around his neck. Twinkle nuzzled her. "I'm sorry, Violet. I got us into this mess. I shouldn't have insisted on meeting Daffodil." Violet shook her head. "I agreed to go with you. But I wonder why she asked you to meet her. It sounds like she wouldn't have been able to tell you anything about Ms Willow's plans anyway."

第九章紫罗兰用拳头捶着门，闪光用蹄子踢着门，但门还是挺得住。 最后，他们筋疲力尽地倒了下去。 “我们该怎么办？”维奥莱特绝望地说。 “我们必须离开这里，去警告其他人。 如果威罗女士抓住了他们，那就全是我们的错了。” 她伸出双臂搂住他的脖子。 闪烁用鼻子蹭她。“对不起，维奥莱特。 是我让我们陷入困境的。我不应该坚持要见水仙花。” 维奥莱特摇了摇头。“我答应和你一起去。 但我想知道她为什么叫你去见她。 听起来她也没法告诉你威罗女士的计划。”

"I don't know," said Twinkle. "She just said she wanted to meet me somewhere outside in the starlight to tell me something important, but that doesn't matter now. We need to try and get out of here." He pawed at the earth with a front hoof. "Maybe we could dig our way out." The sudden sound of voices and whinnies outside the hut made Violet shudder. "Twinkle, we're too late!" she gasped. "Where are we? Why have you brought us here?" she heard Rosa shout angrily. "Let us go!" exclaimed Matilda. "So you can ruin my plans, you annoying girls? Never!" Ms Willow sneered. "I warned you about snooping around the school at night. You should have stayed in your dorm!" "We were looking for Violet. She's missing." Ariana sounded close to tears. "I'm in here, with Twinkle!" Violet yelled, hammering on the door. "Violet!" yelled Freya. "Help me, everyone. Let's get her out!" "CHARGE!" Rosa shouted. Violet's heart leapt as she heard the thunder of hooves. Ms Willow shrieked, and suddenly the bolts of the hut door grated and it swung open.

“我不知道，”闪烁说。 “她只是说她想在外面的星光下和我见面，告诉我一些重要的事情，但现在这已经不重要了。 我们得试着离开这里。” 他用前蹄刨地。 “也许我们可以挖条路出去。” 小屋外突然传来的说话声和呜呜声使维奥莱特打了个寒噤。 “闪，我们来晚了！”她喘着气说。 “我们在哪儿？”你为什么把我们带到这儿来？”她听见罗莎生气地喊道。 “我们走吧！”玛蒂尔达喊道。 “这样你们就可以破坏我的计划了，你们这些讨厌的女孩？” 从来没有!”威洛女士冷笑着说。 “我警告过你不要在夜里在学校里到处窥探。 你应该呆在你的宿舍里！”“我们在找维奥莱特。 她失踪了。”阿利安娜几乎要哭了。 “我在这里，和闪烁在一起！”维奥莉特大叫着，重重地敲着门。 “维奥莱特！”弗雷娅喊道。“大家帮帮我。 我们把她弄出来吧！”“收费!”罗莎喊道。 听到马蹄声隆隆，维奥莱特的心怦怦直跳。 威洛女士尖叫起来，突然小屋的门闩发出格格声，门开了。

Violet could hardly believe her eyes. Rosa, Matilda and Ariana, riding their unicorns, had clearly charged at Ms Willow, cornering her at the edge of the frozen lagoon. She was lying on the ground. Meanwhile, Freya must have used Honey's superspeed to reach the hut and pull the bolts back. "We're free!" gasped Twinkle, as he cantered out. Violet saw Ms Willow raise her hands. "Watch out!" she cried, guessing what she was about to do. Three fiery bolts of green magic shot at Crystal, Whisper and Pearl's legs, sending them and the girls tumbling on to the ice. In the chaos of shouts and whinnies, Ms Willow scrambled to her feet and sent another two bolts of magic flying towards Freya and Violet. Honey used her superspeed to get Freya to safety. Violet smelt a faint scent of burnt sugar but the next moment she felt Twinkle barrelling into her, knocking her to the ground. The green bolts of magic flashed past her head, burning through the ends of his mane. They hit the back wall of the hut, exploding in a shower of sparks that stung like needles as they hit Violet's face. There was no time to waste. Leaping up, Violet threw herself on to Twinkle's back. Freya and Honey were already at

维奥莱特几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。 罗莎、玛蒂尔达和阿利安娜骑着她们的独角兽，显然向威洛女士冲了过来，把她逼到了结冰的泻湖边上。 她躺在地上。 与此同时，弗雷娅一定是利用霍妮的超速度到达了小屋，把螺栓拉开了。 “我们自由了！”闪烁跑出去时喘着气说。 维奥莱特看见威洛女士举起了手。 “小心！”她喊道，猜测着自己要做什么。 三道火红的绿色魔法箭击中了克里斯托、Whisper和珠儿的腿，把她们和两个女孩都打得滚落在冰上。 在一片喊叫声和呜呜声中，威洛女士爬了起来，又向弗雷娅和维奥莱特发射了两道魔法弩箭。 霍妮用她的超速度把弗雷娅送到了安全的地方。 维奥莉特闻到了一股淡淡的糖烧焦的味道，但紧接着她感到闪闪向她扑来，把她撞倒在地。 绿色的魔法闪电从她头顶闪过，燃烧着他的鬃毛。 它们撞在小屋的后墙上，迸出一阵火花，像针一样刺痛着维奥莱特的脸。 没有时间可以浪费了。 维奥莱特跳起来，扑到闪儿的背上。 弗雷娅和霍妮已经在了

the lagoon, slithering on to the ice to help the others get to their feet. Twinkle raced to join them. Ms Willow hurled more firebolts at the girls and their unicorns. Hissing and spitting, the magical bolts cut through the ice like a laser, melting a circle around them. "We're going to fall in!" cried Ariana, as the circle of ice they were standing on began to sink. "We're not– Crystal can save us," gasped Rosa. "Use your freezing powers, Crystal!" A cloud of pink sparks swirled around Crystal as she refroze the ice around them as fast as it melted. "No, you don't!" Ms Willow aimed a firebolt straight at Crystal's head. "Crystal!" screamed Rosa. "Pearl– help her!" The next second, a swirling tornado of snow rose up around Crystal, hiding her from sight. With a frustrated cry, Ms Willow threw the firebolt blindly at the snowstorm, where it flew harmlessly past Rosa and Crystal.

泻湖，滑到冰面上帮助其他人站起来。 闪烁跑去加入他们。 威罗女士向女孩们和她们的独角兽投掷了更多的火焰弩箭。 嘶嘶声和吐痰声，魔法箭像激光一样劈穿了冰，融化了周围的一个圆圈。 “我们要掉下去了！”阿利安娜叫道，这时他们站着的那圈冰开始下沉。 “我们没有——克里斯托能救我们，”罗莎喘着气说。 “使用你的冰冻能力吧，克里斯托！”一团粉红色的火花在克里斯托周围旋转，她重新冻结了周围的冰，速度和融化的速度一样快。 “不，你不需要！”威洛女士把一枚火弩箭对准了克里斯托的头。 “克里斯托！”罗莎尖叫道。“珠儿——救救她！”下一秒，一股旋风般的雪在克里斯托周围升起，把她遮住了。 随着一声沮丧的叫喊，威罗女士盲目地把火弩箭扔向暴风雪，火弩箭从罗莎和克里斯托身边飞过，没有造成任何伤害。

Fast and furious, Ms Willow threw more firebolts, but Pearl made the snow twister illusion bigger until all the girls and their unicorns were

威洛又快又猛地扔了更多的火弩箭，但珀尔把雪旋风的幻觉弄得更大，直到所有的女孩和她们的独角兽都被吹走了

hidden behind it. The firebolts flashed by, exploding with ferocious bangs far behind them. Meanwhile, Whisper started to use his magic. Skating to the edge of the snowstorm, he focused his attention on Daffodil until the little unicorn began to relax and sway. "Pull yourself together, you stupid thing!" screamed Ms Willow as Daffodil rocked on her hooves beneath her. "Whisper! That's brilliant! Don't stop!" said Ariana as Whisper kept using his soothing magic on Daffodil. The little unicorn's eyes started to close and her knees began to give way. For a moment, it looked like she was about to fall asleep completely, but then Whisper began to tire. Doing magic used up a lot of energy. Ms Willow kicked Daffodil's sides viciously. "Get back on your feet this instant!" she snarled. With Whisper's magic fading, Daffodil obeyed Ms Willow's command, raising her head and straightening her neck. "Matilda!" Pearl gasped, breathing heavily. "I can't hold the glamour. I'm… I'm too tired." The snow twister faded, revealing everyone to Ms Willow. She stood before them, her eyes wild and her hair crackling with magic. Triumph lit up

藏在它后面。火弩箭一闪而过，在他们身后远处爆炸，发出凶猛的砰砰声。 与此同时，Whisper开始使用他的魔法。 滑到暴风雪的边缘，他把注意力集中在水仙花身上，直到小独角兽开始放松和摇摆。 “振作起来，你这个蠢东西！”威洛女士尖叫道，水仙花在她下面摇摇晃晃。 “嘘!这是辉煌!别停下来！”阿利安娜说，这时Whisper一直在对水仙花使用他的安抚魔法。 小独角兽的眼睛开始闭上，她的膝盖开始发软。 有那么一会儿，她似乎要完全睡着了，但接着Whisper开始感到疲倦。 施魔法消耗了很多能量。 威洛女士恶毒地踢着水仙花的两侧。 “马上站起来！”她咆哮道。 随着Whisper的魔力消退，水仙花听从了Willow女士的命令，抬起头，伸直脖子。 “玛蒂尔达!”珠儿喘着气，喘着粗气。 “我无法承受这种魅力。 我……我太累了。”龙卷风渐渐消失，把所有人都暴露在了威洛女士面前。 她站在他们面前，眼神狂野，头发因魔法而噼啪作响。 凯旋之光