Chapter 1

Ivy and Flame

常春藤与火焰

CHAPTER ONE

第一章

"Look, Flame. A three-horned deer! Isn't it cute?" Ivy crouched down on her picnic blanket so as not to disturb the little creature that was grazing nearby. She munched her chocolate-chip cookie and watched the deer. "Mmm," said Flame. He tossed his head and the sun lit up his golden mane, making its pink and green streaks sparkle. Ivy gave Flame a curious look. "Are you OK? You've barely touched the picnic." She looked at all the food she'd brought– cheese rolls, grapes and chocolate cookies for herself, and apples, sky berries and special unicorn cookies for Flame– and frowned. She had hoped the picnic would help them to bond. At home she loved having family picnics and sit-down meals with her brothers, sisters and cousins, but Flame seemed distracted. "Don't you like that?" she asked, looking at the cookie on the grass that he had only nibbled at.

“看,火焰。一只三角鹿！是不是很可爱？”艾薇蹲在野餐毯上，以免惊动附近吃草的小动物。 她嚼着巧克力饼干，看着那只鹿。 “嗯。”火苗说。他一摇头，阳光照亮了他金色的鬃毛，使它的粉红和绿色的条纹闪闪发光。 艾薇好奇地看了火苗一眼。 “你还好吗？”你几乎没碰过野餐。” 她看了看自己带来的所有食物——给自己的奶酪卷、葡萄和巧克力饼干，还有给火焰的苹果、天空莓和特制的独角兽饼干——皱起了眉头。 她希望这次野餐能增进他们的感情。 在家里，她喜欢和她的兄弟姐妹们一起野餐，坐下来吃饭，但火焰似乎分心了。 “你不喜欢吗？”她问，看着草地上的饼干，他只啃了一小口。

Flame sighed. "I do, but I'm not really in the mood for a picnic. Don't you think we should be trying to find my magic instead of sitting around?" Ivy put her own cookie down and went over and hugged him. "Oh, Flame, don't stress. There's plenty of time for you to find your magic. Autumn's barely started and we don't graduate until December." "But I really want to discover my powers," said Flame impatiently. "Misty and Sunshine say it's so much fun doing magic." Misty and Sunshine were paired with two of Ivy's dorm-mates, Lyra and Evie. Misty had bubble magic and Sunshine had exploding magic. Lyra and Evie also had flashes of colour in their hair to match their unicorns' manes, which showed that they had bonded with their unicorns. Bonding was the highest form of friendship. Students and unicorns were

火焰叹了口气。“我喜欢，但是我真的没有心情去野餐。 你不觉得我们应该努力寻找我的魔法，而不是坐在那里无所事事吗？”艾薇放下自己的饼干，走过去拥抱了他。 “哦，火焰，别紧张。你有大把的时间去寻找你的魔法。 秋天才刚刚开始，我们要到12月才毕业。” “但我真的很想发现我的力量。”火苗不耐烦地说。 “米斯蒂和阳光说变魔术很有趣。” 米斯蒂和阳光和艾薇的两个室友莱拉和艾薇是一对。 米斯蒂有泡泡魔法，阳光有爆炸魔法。 Lyra和Evie的头发上也有闪光的颜色，与他们的独角兽的鬃毛相匹配，这表明他们与他们的独角兽有联系。 亲密关系是友谊的最高形式。 学生和独角兽

paired up when they arrived at Unicorn Academy and had to discover the unicorn's magical power and bond before they were able to graduate and become guardians of the beautiful Unicorn Island. Flame stamped a hoof. "There must be something we can do to help me find my powers." Ivy stroked him. "Chill, Flame. I know it will be amazing to be able to do magic, but just being at Unicorn Academy is loads of fun. So far it's been the best year of my life! Be patient and let it happen." "What if it doesn't? What if we can't graduate and have to come back next year?" asked Flame. Ivy kissed his nose. "Then we'll come back. Anyway, Sienna and Sparkle haven't discovered Sparkle's magic yet either so it's not just us. Stop being such a worrywart." In the distance Ivy heard Lyra's voice then Sienna and Evie joining In. She pulled a face. Lyra, Sienna and Evie were her best friends but they always wanted to do stuff instead of just hanging out and chatting. She bet they were looking for her now so they could make plans about the treasure map. Back in January the four girls had discovered part of a treasure map hidden in a secret room in the school. They'd solved the riddle that was written on the back and found a second piece of the map behind an underground waterfall. The next riddle had led them to an old tower in the school grounds where they'd found the third quarter of the map. Now they just had to find the final piece so the map could show them how to reach the treasure, the legendary Unicorn's Diamond, a precious jewel that could grant people their hearts' desire. "Aren't you going to answer them?" asked Flame. "I will," said Ivy, "but I'd really rather stay here. I wish I'd brought more food, then we could all have had a picnic together."

当他们来到独角兽学院时，他们必须发现独角兽的神奇力量和纽带，然后才能毕业，成为美丽的独角兽岛的守护者。 火焰踩着蹄子。“我们一定能做些什么来帮助我找到我的能力。” 艾薇抚摸着他。“寒意,火焰。 我知道能变魔术会很棒，但在独角兽学院就充满了乐趣。 到目前为止，这是我一生中最美好的一年！耐心点，让它发生吧。” “如果没有呢？”如果我们不能毕业，明年还得再来呢？” 艾薇吻了吻他的鼻子。“然后我们再回来。 总之，西耶娜和斯巴克也没发现斯巴克的魔法所以不只是我们。 别这么杞人忧天了。” 艾薇听到远处莱拉的声音，然后西耶娜和艾薇也加入进来。 她做了个鬼脸。Lyra， Sienna和Evie是她最好的朋友，但她们总是想做点什么，而不仅仅是闲逛和聊天。 她敢打赌他们现在正在找她，这样他们就可以制定藏宝图的计划了。 早在一月份，这四个女孩就在学校的一间密室里发现了藏宝图的一部分。 他们解开了写在背面的谜语，并在地下瀑布后面找到了地图的第二部分。 下一个谜语把他们带到了学校操场上的一座古塔前，他们在那里找到了地图的第三部分。 现在他们只需要找到最后一块，这样地图就能告诉他们如何到达宝藏，传说中的独角兽钻石，一颗珍贵的宝石，可以满足人们的内心愿望。 “你不打算回答他们吗？”火苗问。 “我会的，”艾薇说，“但我真的更愿意留在这里。 我真希望我带了更多的食物，那样我们就可以一起野餐了。”

Flame plucked a long feathery strand of grass from the meadow and tickled Ivy's nose with it. "I like having adventures together. Maybe one of them has solved the final riddle and we can go on another scary quest!" Ivy squirmed away. "OK! OK!" She reached for her cookie. "Hey, Flame, have you been eating my biscuit?" she said, frowning. "No!" said Flame In surprise. "Weird." Ivy held the cookie up. "It's definitely smaller than it was." "That deer probably ate some while we were talking," said Flame. Just then they heard Lyra shouting their names again. Flame whinnied. "We're over here! By the oak tree!" Ivy packed away the remains of the picnic as the others cantered into sight. "We've been looking for you for ages!" Lyra said as Misty halted. "I've had another idea about the third riddle and we need a meeting right now!" Ivy smiled good-naturedly. "OK. Here, come and share my picnic rug." Everyone dismounted and sat down. Lyra eased three rectangles of old yellowing paper from her pocket and spread them out. The paper crackled as she fitted the pieces together, smoothing them with her hand. In one corner of each piece there was a tiny picture of Daybreak, the first unicorn to have ever lived on Unicorn Island, crying a teardrop of happiness "So, a recap," said Lyra, taking control as usual. "We've got three quarters of the map now and we think that the treasure is the Unicorn's

火焰从草地上拔下一长串羽毛状的草，用它挠艾薇的鼻子。 “我喜欢一起冒险。 也许他们中的一个已经解开了最后的谜题，我们就可以进行另一次可怕的探索了！”艾薇蠕动着走开了。 “好吧!好吧!”她伸手去拿她的饼干。 “嘿，火焰，你吃了我的饼干吗？”她皱着眉头说。 “不！”火苗惊讶地说。 “奇怪。”艾薇举起饼干。 “它肯定比以前小了。” “我们说话的时候，那只鹿可能吃了一些。”火焰说。 就在这时，他们听到莱拉又在喊他们的名字。 火焰嘶叫。“我们在这儿！”在橡树旁边！”艾薇收拾好野餐剩下的东西，其他人慢慢地走了进来。 “我们找你找了好久了！”莱拉说，这时米斯蒂停了下来。 “我对第三个谜语又有了一个想法，我们现在需要开会！”艾薇和蔼地笑了。 “好吧。来，来分享我的野餐地毯。” 大家都下了马，坐了下来。 莱拉从口袋里抽出三张泛黄的长方形旧纸，摊开来。 当她把纸片拼在一起，用手抚平它们时，纸片裂开了。 在每件作品的一个角落里，都有一张“黎明”的小照片，这是第一只住在独角兽岛上的独角兽，它流下了幸福的眼泪。“好了，回顾一下，”莱拉说，像往常一样控制住了自己的情绪。 “我们现在已经占据了地图的四分之三，我们认为宝藏是独角兽的