Chapter 9

CHAPTER NINE, Sienna stared, terrified, as the boulder sped towards them, ploughing through the beautiful statues and smashing them to smithereens. It was so huge there was no way of avoiding it. "We're going to be squished!" shouted Ivy, turning pale. "Don't worry– I've got this, Ivy!" Flame cried. He stamped his hooves on the ground, making orange sparks fly up. The cavern was suddenly flooded with the scent of magic and the sparks hit the boulder. A cracking sound echoed around and the boulder shrank to the size of a marble. hoof. It carried on rolling but Flame stopped it with a hoof. Ivy squealed and hugged him. "You saved us!" Sienna breathed out shakily. "That was really close. Well done, Flame. Let's get out of here right now." She didn't want to spend another moment in the booby-trapped cavern. The unicorns picked their way round the chunks of statue that now littered the ground. Evie, Ivy and Lyra were talking about the boulder, but Sienna didn't join in. She couldn't ignore the fact that Sparkle didn't seem his normal self. "Are you all right, Sparkle? You seem quiet." Sparkle sighed heavily. "I feel useless, Sienna," he confessed. "Sunshine used her exploding magic to stop us from being crushed by the moving walls. Misty used bubble magic to help us over the river and

第九章，西耶娜惊恐地瞪大眼睛，看着巨石向他们飞来，把那些美丽的雕像撞得粉碎。 它是如此之大，没有办法避免它。 “我们要被压扁了！”艾薇喊道，脸色变得苍白。 “别担心——我能行，艾薇！”火哭了。 他用蹄子跺着地面，橙色的火花飞了起来。 山洞里突然充满了魔法的气味，火花击中了巨石。 噼里啪啦的一声回荡在四周，巨石缩成了弹珠那么大。 蹄。它继续滚动，但是火苗用蹄子挡住了它。 艾薇尖叫着抱住了他。 “你救了我们！”西耶娜颤抖地呼出气来。 “真的很接近。做得好，火焰。 我们现在就离开这里吧。” 她不想再在这个布满陷阱的山洞里多呆一分钟了。 独角兽绕过散落在地上的大块雕像。 伊薇、艾薇和莱拉在谈论巨石，但西耶娜没有加入。 她无法忽视一个事实，那就是斯巴克看起来不像平时的自己。 “你没事吧，斯巴克？” 你看起来很安静。”闪闪重重地叹了口气。 “我觉得自己没用，西耶娜，”他坦白道。 “阳光用她的爆炸魔法阻止了我们被移动的墙壁压碎。 米斯蒂用泡泡魔法帮我们渡过了河

Flame used his shrinking magic to save us from the boulder. What have I done to help? Nothing." "Oh, Sparkle! Don't be like that." Sienna stroked his neck. "Just because they have their magic doesn't make them better than you." He turned his head to look at her. "You wouldn't rather have a different unicorn?" "Of course not!" she said in surprise. "Why would you even think that?" He snorted awkwardly. "It's just you never seem to listen to me and—" He was interrupted by Lyra who had reached a fork in the path. "There's a carving of a dragon here." She pointed to a dragon above the left-hand fork. "I guess we go this way." "I hope it's not a real dragon," said Evie. "Who knows in this place!" said Ivy with a shiver. "Do you and Sparkle want to go first, Sienna?" Lyra asked. "Is that OK with you, Sparkle?" said Sienna. She had stopped thinking about getting to the diamond first to get a wish, but the labyrinth was so dangerous she was happy to go first and protect her friends– as long as Sparkle agreed. He nodded. "We'll lead the way!" He set off down the tunnel. It ended in a wall with an opening in it. Sitting in it was a three-headed stone dragon. As Sienna rode closer to investigate, its three gaping mouths puffed out tiny flames. Sienna took a breath. The dragon didn't look that bad in comparison to the other dangers they'd faced…

火苗用他的收缩魔法把我们从巨石下救了出来。 我帮了什么忙？没什么。” “哦,闪耀!别这样。” 西耶娜抚摸着他的脖子。“他们有自己的魔力，并不代表他们就比你强。” 他转过头来看着她。 “你不想要另一只独角兽吗？”“当然不会！”她惊讶地说。 “你怎么会这么想呢？”他尴尬地哼了一声。 “只是你好像从来不听我的话，而且——”他的话被莱拉打断了，她已经走到了岔路口。 “这里有一个龙的雕刻。” 她指着左手叉子上方的一条龙。 “我想我们走这边。”“我希望那不是一条真龙。”伊薇说。 “在这个地方谁知道呢！”艾薇打了个寒颤。 “你和斯巴克想先走吗，西耶娜？”莱拉问。 “这样行吗，斯巴克？”西耶娜说。 她已经不再想先拿到钻石去实现愿望，但迷宫太危险了，她很乐意先去保护她的朋友们——只要斯巴克同意。 他点了点头。“我们来带路！”他沿着隧道出发了。 它的尽头是一堵墙上有一个开口的墙。 里面坐着一条三头石龙。 当西耶娜骑近前去查看时，它张开的三张嘴喷出了微小的火焰。 西耶娜吸了一口气。与他们面临的其他危险相比，这条龙看起来并不那么可怕……

Ping! Ping! Ping! A deadly silver arrow shot out from each of the dragon's three mouths and raced towards her head. She shrieked and ducked, only narrowly avoiding being hit. "Go back!" she yelled to Sparkle but before he could turn, three more arrows came firing out. There was no time to escape– only to fight! Holding her torch as if it was a rounders bat, Sienna swatted the first arrow away. She heard gasps from her friends behind her as she struck the second and the third arrow and sent them flying. With the third arrow dispatched, Sienna raised her arms In victory. "Take that, arrows!" "Duck!" shrieked Lyra as the dragon fired another round. These ones were even bigger and faster than those before!

萍!萍!萍!一只致命的银箭从龙的三口各射出，直冲她的头部。 她尖叫着躲开，险些被击中。 “回去！”她对闪闪喊道，但他还没来得及转身，又射出了三支箭。 没有时间逃跑——只有战斗！西耶娜拿着她的火炬，好像它是一个圆形的蝙蝠，把第一支箭拍走了。 当她射出第二支和第三支箭时，她听到身后朋友们的喘息声。 第三支箭射出后，西耶娜举起双臂表示胜利。 “拿去吧，箭！”“闪开！”莱拉尖叫着，恶龙又开了一枪。 这些比以前的更大更快！

WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! Sienna batted them away one after the other, but she was beginning to tire. Her arms were aching. Sparkle must have sensed her fatigue because he nickered his support. "Keep going. You can do this!" There was an ominous pause and then suddenly a lone arrow shot out. It was much bigger than the other arrows and it flamed with fire. "Get it, Sienna!" Sparkle whinnied. With one last effort Sienna belted it away. It hit the wall and dissolved into sparks. The others whooped and cheered. The flames puffing out of the

哇!哇!哇!西耶娜把它们一个接一个地赶走，但她开始感到疲倦了。 她的手臂疼痛。斯巴克一定感觉到了她的疲劳，因为他请求他的支持。 “继续。你能做到的！”一阵不祥的沉默之后，突然一支孤独的箭射了出来。 这支箭比其他的箭大得多，而且燃烧着火焰。 “抓住它，西耶娜！”闪耀的嘶叫。 西耶娜做了最后的努力，把它带走了。 它撞到墙上，融化成火花。 其他人欢呼雀跃。 火焰冒出来

dragon's mouths flickered and died. Sparkled twisted his head to nuzzle her leg. "That was awesome," he said. "You were amazing." "I'm so glad that was you and not me, Sienna!" said Evie in relief, riding Sunshine over to her. "Me too. None of the rest of us could have hit all those arrows like that," added Lyra. Ivy joined in, congratulating Sienna and telling her how brilliant she was, but Sienna could barely take it in. She felt very shaky. If she hadn't managed to bat those arrows away, one of her friends or their unicorns might have been badly hurt. She was so glad they were all safe! Suddenly she realised just how much they all meant to her. Ruby dorm and their unicorns were a team and she was part of it. It didn't matter whether she was scoring the winning goal or batting deadly arrows away or telling her friends how great they were– the important thing was being there for them, just like they were there for her. A loud rattle startled her out of her thoughts. The three-headed dragon had swivelled round and gold flames were erupting from its mouths. They hit the wall at the back of the opening and the stones and dragon vanished. All that was left was an entrance to another vast cavern. Sienna gulped. What was waiting for them this time? Cautiously she walked forward and looked inside. "Oh, wow!"

龙的嘴忽闪忽闪地死去了。 闪闪扭过头去蹭她的腿。 “太棒了，”他说。 “你太棒了。”“我真高兴那是你而不是我，西耶娜！”伊维骑着阳光向她走来，松了口气。 “我也是。我们这些人谁也射不了那么多箭。”莱拉补充说。 艾薇也加入进来，祝贺西耶娜，并告诉她她有多聪明，但西耶娜几乎无法接受。 她感到浑身发抖。如果她没有设法把那些箭射开，她的一个朋友或他们的独角兽可能会受重伤。 她很高兴他们都平安无事！她突然意识到他们对她来说是多么重要。 鲁比宿舍和他们的独角兽是一个团队，她是其中的一员。 不管她是进致胜一球，还是把致命的箭射出去，还是告诉她的朋友们他们是多么伟大——重要的是支持他们，就像他们支持她一样。 一声巨响把她从沉思中惊醒。 三头龙转过身来，嘴里喷出金色的火焰。 他们撞在洞口后面的墙上，石头和龙消失了。 只剩下一个通往另一个巨大洞穴的入口。 黄土一饮而尽。这次等着他们的是什么？ 她小心翼翼地向前走，向里面看了看。 “哦,哇!”