Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE,

第三章,

Ruby dorm's hands had just met In a high five when the door rattled violently and the chair wedged under the handle fell over. The girls sprang apart as Sam came in. Sienna scowled at him. "Are you spying on us?" Sam blinked. "Spying on you? Why would I do that? No, I came to ask if you want to play a game of crossnet– Topaz versus Ruby." Lyra gave him a suspicious look. "Hmm." Sam raised his eyebrows. "Why? What do you have to hide?" "Nothing," she said quickly. "Absolutely nothing," agreed Ivy, shaking her head. Sam gave them a quizzical look and then shrugged. "OK. Well, the rest of Topaz are setting up at the crossnet pitch if you want to play." "We're actually a bit busy right now," said Lyra. "Doing what?" Sam said, looking around the empty classroom. "We're… um… helping Ivy with her extra homework," Evie said. "But I suppose we could play crossnet now if we helped Ivy after dinner," said Sienna, giving the others an eager look. Ivy nodded eagerly. "Yes, let's play now." Essays were boring and could wait until later. "Cool!" said Sam. "See you at the crossnet pitch. Don't be long." The girls collected their unicorns from the stables and rode to meet the boys, Sienna instructing everyone on team tactics. In crossnet two teams of riders had to gallop up and down the pitch, throwing a ball between teammates using sticks with nets on the end before shooting at the goals at either end. Lyra joined Nawaz at the centre of the pitch, ready to start the match. "Let's agree before we start– no magic allowed!" Nawaz nodded. "It wouldn't be fair seeing as not everyone's unicorns have found their magic yet." Sam and Flash looked disappointed. Flash's ability to pause time for a

鲁比·舍姆的双手刚碰在一起击掌时，门发出了猛烈的响声，插在门把下的椅子倒了下来。 萨姆进来时，姑娘们都跳开了。 西耶娜怒视着他。“你在监视我们吗？”山姆眨了眨眼睛。 “监视你？”我为什么要那么做？ 不，我是来问你想不想玩交叉网络游戏——黄玉对红宝石。” 莱拉怀疑地看了他一眼。 “嗯。”山姆扬起眉毛。 “为什么?你有什么要隐瞒的？”“没什么，”她很快地说。 “绝对没有。”艾薇摇着头同意道。 山姆疑惑地看了他们一眼，然后耸耸肩。 “好吧。好吧，如果你想玩的话，托帕石的其他人都在交叉球场准备好了。” “其实我们现在有点忙。”莱拉说。 “做什么?”萨姆环顾着空荡荡的教室说。 “我们……嗯……在帮艾薇做额外的作业，”艾薇说。 “不过我想，如果我们在晚饭后帮助艾薇的话，我们现在可以玩交叉网了。”西耶娜说着，热切地看了其他人一眼。 艾薇急切地点点头。“是的，我们现在玩吧。” 论文很无聊，可以以后再写。 “酷！”萨姆说。“交叉球场见。 别等太久。”女孩们从马厩里收集了独角兽，骑马去见男孩们，西耶娜指导每个人的团队战术。 在交叉比赛中，两队骑手必须在球场上跑来跑去，用两端带网的球棍在队友之间抛球，然后在两端射门。 莱拉和纳瓦兹一起站在球场中央，准备开始比赛。 “让我们在开始之前达成协议——不允许使用魔法！”纳瓦兹点点头。 “不是每个人的独角兽都找到了自己的魔力，这样做不公平。” 山姆和闪电侠看起来很失望。 Flash暂停时间的能力

few seconds was very useful in crossnet! Sienna got the ball first and she charged up the pitch on Sparkle, quickly scoring the first goal. "One to us!" she shouted, waving her stick. "Go, Ruby!" Everyone went back to their places and the game restarted. The teams hurtled up and down the pitch, dodging the opposition and passing the ball, clocking up goals until the score was six all. "The next goal decides who wins the match," said Sam. "I need a new stick, though; the net's breaking on this one." He cantered to the side and took another stick from the storage bag. When they started again, Lyra threw the ball to Sienna, who passed it to Ivy. She caught it deftly and urged Flame on. "Hang on tight, Ivy! We're going to score the winning goal," Flame whinnied, thundering back down the pitch, but, just as Ivy was about to shoot, Sam and Flash appeared. Sam whacked his stick into Ivy's, knocking the ball free. Suddenly Sam had the ball and was galloping away. "No!" Flame exclaimed, outraged. He stamped both feet angrily. Sam flung the ball towards the goal but it fell short. "What just happened?" he spluttered, looking at his stick in surprise. Before he could react, Lyra was on to the ball, scooping it up in her net and galloping back down the pitch towards the boys' goal. Sienna, Evie and Ivy all whooped and cheered as she scored.

几秒钟是非常有用的在交叉网！西耶娜第一个拿到球，她冲到球场上，很快就打进了第一个球。 “给我们一个！”她挥舞着棍子喊道。 “去,Ruby !”每个人都回到了自己的位置，游戏重新开始。 两支球队在球场上冲来冲去，躲避对手，传球，不断进球，直到比分是6平。 “下一个进球决定谁赢得比赛，”萨姆说。 “不过，我需要一根新棍子；这张网要破了。” 他绕到一边，从储物袋里又拿了一根棍子。 当他们重新开始时，莱拉把球扔给西耶娜，西耶娜又把球传给艾薇。 她灵巧地抓住火苗，催促火苗继续前进。 “抓紧了，艾薇！”我们要进制胜球了。”火苗咆哮着，轰隆隆地跑回球场，但是，就在艾薇要射门的时候，山姆和闪电出现了。 萨姆用他的棒子打艾薇的，把球打飞了。 突然，萨姆拿了球，飞奔而去。 “不!”火苗怒不可遏地喊道。 他愤怒地跺着两只脚。 萨姆把球扔向球门，但没击中。 “刚才发生了什么事？”他结结巴巴地问，惊讶地看着他的手杖。 他还没来得及反应过来，莱拉已经追上了球，把球从她的网里捞了起来，跑回球场，奔向男孩们的球门。 西耶娜、艾薇和艾薇都为她的进球欢呼雀跃。

"We won!" cried Sienna. "Ruby dorm is the best!" "No, you're not, you cheated." Sam held out his crossnet stick, which was much shorter than anyone else's. "Come on, own up. Who did this to my stick?" The girls looked at each other blankly. "It wasn't this tiny before. Someone must have shrunk it," Sam insisted. "Who can do shrinking magic?" Sienna started to giggle. "You doughnut! No one can. You probably grabbed a broken one when you swapped it." Sam gave in and grinned good-naturedly. "All right, you won. It was a good game." "Yeah. It was great," said Sienna. "Congratulations, you lot," said Nawaz. "Enjoy your victory cos next time we're taking you down," vowed

“我们赢了！”西耶娜叫道。“Ruby宿舍是最好的！”“不，你没有，你作弊了。” 萨姆拿出他的十字网棍，比任何人的都短得多。 “来吧，坦白吧。是谁把我的棍子弄成这样的？”姑娘们面面相觑。 “以前没有这么小。 一定是有人把它缩小了。”萨姆坚持说。 “谁会收缩魔法？”西耶娜开始咯咯地笑。 “你甜甜圈!没人能做到。 你可能在交换的时候抓到了一个坏掉的。” 萨姆让步了，和蔼地笑了笑。 “好吧，你赢了。这是一场精彩的比赛。” “是的。太棒了，”西耶娜说。 “祝贺你们，”纳瓦兹说。 “享受你们的胜利吧，因为下次我们会干掉你们。

Archie. "Ha! In your dreams!" gloated Sienna. Talking and laughing, everyone helped put the equipment away before returning to the stables to settle their unicorns for the night. Ivy filled Flame's hay net then brushed him over. She chucked the brush on the floor so she could give him a goodbye hug. "I'll see you later," she whispered into his mane. "We're going to come back at midnight when everyone's asleep." "I can't wait!" said Flame. He stamped a hoof and pink and green sparkles shot into the air. Ivy caught the scent of something sweet and gasped. "Flame! That's the smell of magic. You must have found your power!" "But what is it?" said Flame, puzzled. Ivy and Flame glanced around. Suddenly Ivy burst out laughing. "Look at the grooming brush. It's the size of a doll's toy!" "I must have shrinking magic," breathed Flame.

阿奇。“哈!做梦去吧！”西耶娜幸灾乐祸地说。 每个人都有说有笑地帮忙把设备放好，然后回到马厩去安置他们的独角兽过夜。 常春藤填满了火焰的干草网，然后拂过他。 她把刷子扔在地上，好给他一个告别的拥抱。 “回头见。”她对着他的鬃毛低语。 “我们会在午夜大家都睡着的时候回来。” “我等不及了！”火苗说。 他跺了一脚，粉红色和绿色的闪光射向空中。 艾薇闻到了一股甜甜的味道，倒吸了一口气。 “火焰!那是魔法的味道。 你一定找到了你的力量！”“那是什么？”火苗不解地问。 艾薇和火苗环顾四周。 突然，艾薇大笑起来。 “看看这把梳妆刷。 它和洋娃娃的玩具一样大！”“我一定有缩小魔法。”火焰轻声说。

Ivy's eyes widened. "Remember Sam's crossnet stick? I bet that was you. And–" she realised something else– "my cookie yesterday. It shrank, didn't it? We blamed the three-horned deer but it could have been magic." "I've found my powers, Ivy!" said Flame In excitement. "This is so exciting! My uncle has shrinking magic too." "Do you think you can make things bigger as well?" Ivy said, picking up the tiny brush. "This isn't much use this size!" Flame nodded. "Of course! My uncle can return things to their original size but not make them bigger than they were." "Have a try," said Ivy. "Actually… wait. Let me put it down first in case you shrink me or something," she added with a grin. "I won't make a mistake!" said Flame confidently. He barely waited for Ivy to put the brush down before he stamped his hooves. Sparks flew up and as they hit the brush it changed back to its original size. "See! Told you!" he said triumphantly. "That's amazing," said Ivy, beaming. "What's going on in here?" Lyra appeared in the doorway carrying a

艾薇睁大了眼睛。“还记得萨姆的十字网棍吗？” 我打赌是你。还有——”她意识到另一件事——“我昨天的饼干。 它缩水了，不是吗？我们责怪三角鹿，但这可能是魔法。” “我找到我的超能力了，艾薇！”火苗兴奋地说。 “这太令人兴奋了！”我叔叔也有缩小魔法。” “你觉得你能把东西做得更大吗？”艾薇说着，捡起那把小刷子。 “这个尺寸没什么用！”火焰点了点头。 “当然!我叔叔可以把东西变回原来的大小，但不能把它们变大。” “试试吧，”艾薇说。“实际上…等。 让我先把它放下，免得你把我缩成一团什么的，”她咧嘴笑着补充说。 “我不会出错的！”火苗自信地说。 他刚等艾薇把刷子放下，就跺了跺脚。 火花飞了起来，当它们击中刷子时，它又变回了原来的大小。 “看!告诉过你！”他得意地说。 “太神奇了，”艾薇笑着说。 “这里发生了什么事？”莱拉出现在门口，手里拿着一个