Chapter 9

Chapter nine, There was no time to race for cover from the lethal wall of snow thundering towards them, spewing rocks and boulders in all directions. "What are we going to do?" shouted Phoebe. "Feather!" cried Lily as a huge slab of rock crashed down a short distance away. "Can you lift the rock? We could shelter under it!" Feather stamped the ground with her hoof and pink sparks flew up. The slab rose into the air and floated against the mountainside, forming a roof. Everyone dived underneath it. Lily murmured encouragement. "You've got this," she said, stroking Feather's neck. "You can do it!" The air seemed to vibrate as the wall of snow descended. It crashed down around them and for a while the noise was so loud, it hurt their ears. Aisha reached out for Lily, placing a hand on her arm in support as the snow thundered past them, slamming into the slab then pouring away. Feather's magic kept the slab in place. At last, the thundering stopped, and silence fell.

九、没有时间跑着躲避向他们呼啸而来的致命的雪墙，四面八方喷射着岩石和巨石。 “我们该怎么办？”菲比喊道。 “羽毛！”莉莉叫道，这时不远处一块巨大的岩石坠落了。 “你能举起这块石头吗？”我们可以躲在它下面！”羽毛用蹄子跺着地面，粉红色的火花飞了起来。 石板升到空中，在山坡上漂浮，形成了一个屋顶。 每个人都潜到它下面。 莉莉低声鼓励。 “你能行。”她抚摸着羽毛的脖子说。 “你能行的！”当雪墙落下时，空气似乎在震动。 飞机在他们周围轰然坠落，噪音太大了，他们的耳朵都痛了。 艾莎伸手去扶莉莉，一只手搭在她的胳膊上，雪从她们身边呼啸而过，撞在石板上，然后又倾盆而下。 羽毛的魔法使石板固定在原地。 最后，雷声停止了，一片寂静。

Feather floated the rock away from them and laid it down on the glacier. The girls stared around them. Snow was piled up against the base of the cliffs in great mounds and rocks were strewn across the glacier's snow-covered surface. Even the frozen sabre-toothed bear had a thick covering of snow over its icy surface. "Phew! That was close. Thanks for saving us, Feather," said Zara. "Thanks, Feather," everyone chorused. "Let's get out of here!" said Aisha. "Stop right there!" The count's voice snapped through the icy air as he strode out of the cave beside the frozen bear. He held up his portable weather machine. "You're going nowhere." "Really?" said Phoebe, her eyebrows arching. "Let me introduce you to my unicorn, Shimmer. The real Shimmer, whose mane is a different colour at the moment but whose magic is just as powerful as you said. Shimmer, why don't you show him what you can do?"

羽毛把岩石从他们身边漂开，放在冰川上。 女孩们环顾四周。 雪在悬崖底部堆积成小山，岩石散落在冰川被雪覆盖的表面。 即使是冻僵的剑齿熊，它冰冷的表面上也覆盖着厚厚的一层雪。 “唷!好险啊。谢谢你救了我们，羽毛。”扎拉说。 “谢谢你，羽毛。”大家齐声说。 “我们离开这里吧！”艾莎说。 “站住！”伯爵的声音在冰冷的空气中噼里啪啦地响着，他大步走出洞穴，站在冻僵的熊旁边。 他举起他的便携式气象仪。 “你哪儿也去不了。”“真的吗？”菲比说，眉毛拱了起来。 “让我把你介绍给我的独角兽，微光。 真正的微光，它的鬃毛现在是另一种颜色但它的魔力就像你说的一样强大。 微光，你为什么不让他看看你的本事呢？”

Before the count could react, Shimmer struck the ground with his hoof and fired a bolt of energy magic into the fresh snow beside the count. The snow exploded. Shooting into the air, it fell down over the count, burying him completely. He fought to get free from the snow. As his head and hands burst out, his fingers moved on the controls of his weather machine. Feather quickly banged her hoof and her magic plucked the weather machine from the count's grasp. It soared towards the girls, landing in front of them. Zara grabbed it and pointed it at the count. "Let's see how you like being frozen!" she cried, as she pushed down on the blue button. "How dare you!" screamed the count. "How—" His voice cut off as a jet of water hit him and he froze, his mouth still open in fury. The count's half-finished sentence echoed around the glacier. For a moment, no one spoke. "We did it," Zara said, breaking the silence. "We saved Unicorn Island from the count." Aisha bit her lip. "We… um… We haven't killed him, have we?" "No. When magic and science aren't combined, the effects can be reversed," said Zara. "Mr Longnose taught us that in our tornado lesson. I guess you weren't listening." She grinned. "As usual." Aisha pulled a face at her. Lily looked relieved. "So, the bear can be defrosted too? I know it was attacking us, but it was only doing what bears do and it doesn't seem fair to leave it frozen." Zara examined the device in her hands. "There's probably a way we can do it using this but I'm not sure what button to press." "Wait," said Silver. "Aisha, have you still got that pink diamond you picked up earlier? You said it could melt anything." Aisha drew the jewel from her pocket. "Yes, it's here. Let's try it out on the sabre-tooth polar bear. But not Count Thornberry. Ms Nettles can deal with him." "Good idea," said Silver. "Feather, can you use your magic to touch the bear with the diamond?" "Hang on!" said Phoebe. "You're all forgetting something. We're stranded here with no way home. The last thing we want is an enraged bear chasing us!" Suddenly they heard a high-pitched whistling sound above them and

伯爵还没来得及反应过来，微光就用蹄子踩在地上，向伯爵身边的新雪地里发射了一道能量魔法。 雪爆炸了。子弹射向空中，落在伯爵身上，把他完全埋葬了。 他奋力从雪中挣脱出来。 当他的头和手爆裂时，他的手指在他的气象机的控制台上移动。 羽毛迅速用蹄子猛踢，她的魔法从伯爵手中夺过了气象机。 它飞向女孩们，落在她们面前。 扎拉抓住它，指着伯爵。 “让我们看看你被冻住是什么感觉！”她喊道，同时按下了蓝色的按钮。 “你怎么敢！”伯爵尖叫道。 “怎么——”一股水流打在他身上，他的声音戛然而止，他僵住了，嘴巴还在愤怒地张着。 伯爵说了一半的话，在冰川上回响。 一时间，没有人说话。 “我们做到了，”扎拉打破沉默说。 “我们从伯爵手中拯救了独角兽岛。” 艾莎咬着嘴唇。“我们……嗯……我们没有杀死他吧？”“没有。 如果魔法和科学没有结合起来，效果就会被逆转。”扎拉说。 “长鼻子先生在龙卷风课上教我们的。 我猜你没在听。” 她咧嘴一笑。“一如既往”。艾莎对她做了个鬼脸。 莉莉看上去如释重负。“这么说，熊也能解冻？” 我知道它在攻击我们，但它只是在做熊该做的事，让它冻着不太公平。” 扎拉检查了手中的设备。 “也许有一种方法可以用这个来实现，但我不确定该按哪个按钮。” “等等，”西尔弗说。“阿伊莎，你还带着早些时候捡到的那颗粉色钻石吗？” 你说它能融化任何东西。” 艾莎从口袋里掏出珠宝。 “是的，就在这儿。让我们在剑齿北极熊身上试试。 但索恩伯里伯爵没有。荨麻女士可以对付他。” “好主意，”西尔弗说。“羽毛，你能用你的魔法用钻石触摸熊吗？”“坚持住！”菲比说。 “你们都忘了一些东西。 我们被困在这里，没有回家的路。 我们最不想看到的就是一只愤怒的熊追着我们！”突然，他们听到头顶上传来刺耳的呼啸声

glanced up. A man was falling out of the sky!

抬起头。一个人从天上掉下来了！