Chapter 10

CHAPTER TEN, The cavern was huge, the biggest and most beautiful yet. Its walls were studded with glittering gems, and in the centre was a snow-white marble pillar. On top of this was an enormous diamond. Clearer than crystal, the diamond sparkled with hope and promise. Almost in a trance, Sienna slid from Sparkle's back and walked forward. Beside the diamond was a silver square with words engraved on it. To you who triumphed and found this stone, My traps stopped one person from acting alone. If you seek the diamond for selfish ends, Stop– use its power for good, my friends. Sienna lifted the diamond up, feeling the tingle of its power passing over her skin. Her thoughts raced as she made up her mind… "STOP!" a hard voice rang out. "Sienna!" Evie squeaked. Sienna swung round and saw that Dr Briar had crept up on the group. Riding Solomon, a tall proud-looking unicorn, she was armed with a long ceremonial sword. Dr Briar had her arm round Evie's neck and was touching the tip of the sword to Evie's throat. Her eyes glittered with menace. Sienna gasped. "Dr Briar! How did you get here?"

第十章山洞很大，是迄今为止最大、最美丽的。 它的墙壁上镶嵌着闪闪发光的宝石，中间有一根雪白的大理石柱。 在这上面有一颗巨大的钻石。 这颗钻石比水晶还清澈，闪耀着希望和承诺。 西耶娜几乎是恍惚地从斯巴克的背上滑下来，向前走去。 钻石旁边是一个银方块，上面刻着几个字。 我的陷阱阻止了一个人单独行动。 如果你为了自私的目的而寻找钻石，停止吧——用它的力量做好事，我的朋友们。 西耶娜举起钻石，感觉它的力量在她的皮肤上传递的刺痛感。 “停！”一个刺耳的声音响了起来。 “黄土!”艾维发出“吱吱”的响声。西耶娜转过身来，看到布瑞尔博士已经悄悄走近了这群人。 她骑着一只高大的独角兽所罗门，看上去很骄傲，手里拿着一把长长的仪式剑。 布瑞尔医生搂着伊薇的脖子，用剑尖抵着伊薇的喉咙。 她的眼睛里闪烁着威胁的光芒。 黄土深吸一口气。“布瑞尔·罗博士!你是怎么到这儿来的？”

Dr Briar's lips curved in a cruel smile. "Solomon and I have been using cloaking magic to follow you through the labyrinth. I have to say it was very useful to have you to lead us safely through the traps. You did very well to reach the diamond. However, if you value your friend's life, then you will bring it to me." "We'll see about that!" Flame whinnied, stamping his hooves. There was a flash of light and Dr Briar's sword shrank to the size of a pin. She gave a shout of surprise. "Guess you're not going to have it, after all," said Sienna, waving it at her. "Finders keepers!" "Give it to me!" Dr Briar screeched, jumping off Solomon and striding towards her. "No way!" said Sienna. Dr Briar screamed and leapt at her, grappling with her for the diamond. Sienna staggered, lost her grip and the glittering gem flew into the air. Dr Briar jumped, trying to catch the diamond as it fell. "Oh no you don't!" Sienna yelled, leaping to catch the diamond too. Her fingers closed round it. "Yes!"

布瑞尔博士嘴角一弯，露出残酷的微笑。 “所罗门和我一直在用隐形魔法跟着你穿过迷宫。 我不得不说，有你带领我们安全穿过陷阱，真是太有用了。 你找到钻石做得很好。 然而，如果你珍惜你朋友的生命，那么你就把它带给我。” “我们走着瞧吧！”火焰嘶鸣着，跺着蹄子。 一道亮光闪过，布瑞尔博士的剑缩成了大头针大小。 她惊奇地叫了一声。 “我猜你终究不会得到它了。”西耶娜说着，向她挥舞着它。 “捡到归我!”“给我！”布瑞尔博士尖叫着，从所罗门身上跳下来，大步朝她走来。 “不可能！”西耶娜说。布瑞尔医生尖叫着扑向她，抓住她想要那颗钻石。 西耶娜踉跄着，失去了她的手，闪闪发光的宝石飞向空中。 布瑞尔博士跳了起来，试图抓住落下的钻石。 “哦，不，你不需要！”西耶娜大叫着，跳起来也抓住了钻石。 她的手指紧紧地抱住了它。 “是的!”

But, just as she landed, Dr Briar pulled a brooch from her jacket and drove the pin into Sienna's leg. Sienna fell to the ground in pain. The diamond landed on the floor and rolled away. With a furious whinny Sparkle charged at Dr Briar, who was scrabbling after the diamond. "No one hurts Sienna!" His eyes blazed and he looked completely furious. He butted Dr Briar hard with his head and she fell backwards. Misty stamped a hoof and a bubble instantly formed around Dr Briar. She hammered her hands against its sides but the bubble stayed firm. Sienna whooped. "Go, Misty!" "And Sunshine!" cried Evie as Sunshine exploded a boulder at Solomon's feet, sending the taller unicorn skittering backwards. Sunshine exploded another boulder and then another. Solomon turned and was about to gallop away into the labyrinth when Misty captured him in a bubble too. Sparkle had reached Sienna. "Sienna! Are you OK? How's your leg?" "It's fine," Sienna said, not wanting to make a fuss. "No, it's not!" he insisted. "Let me see." He nudged her hand away and his eyes widened in alarm. "You're hurt!" He stamped his hoof on the ground in dismay. Sienna gasped as rainbow sparkles flew up from the floor. They rained down gently on her leg and she watched in disbelief as the edges of the wound suddenly knitted together and the pain faded to tingles and then to nothing.

但是，就在她着陆的时候，布瑞尔医生从她的夹克里拿出一枚胸针，把别针扎进了西耶娜的腿上。 西耶娜痛苦地倒在地上。 钻石落在地板上滚走了。 斯巴克发出愤怒的嘶嘶声，冲向正在抓着钻石的布瑞尔博士。 “没人能伤害西耶娜！”他的眼睛闪闪发光，看上去非常愤怒。 他用头狠狠地撞了一下布瑞尔医生，她向后倒了下去。 米斯蒂一跺脚，布瑞尔博士周围立刻形成了一个泡泡。 她用手敲打着泡泡的边缘，但泡泡还是很牢固。 黄土欢呼。“走,雾!”“还有阳光！”伊维喊道，阳光在所罗门脚边引爆了一块巨石，把那只较高的独角兽吓得向后逃窜。 阳光炸开了一块又一块巨石。 所罗门转过身，正要飞奔进迷宫时，米斯蒂也抓住了他。 火花传到了西耶娜。 “黄土!你还好吗？你的腿怎么样了？”“没事，”西耶娜说，不想大惊小怪。 “不，不是的！”他坚持说。 “让我看看。”他推开她的手，惊恐地睁大了眼睛。 “你受伤了!”他沮丧地用蹄子跺着地面。 当彩虹般的火花从地板上飞起时，西耶娜倒吸了一口气。 它们像雨点一样轻轻地落在她的腿上，她难以置信地看着伤口的边缘突然愈合起来，疼痛逐渐消失，变成了刺痛感，然后消失了。

"Sparkle, w-was that you?" she stammered, getting to her feet. "I… I think I've found my magic," he breathed. "Sparkle's got healing magic!" Lyra cried happily. Sienna threw her arms round Sparkle's neck. "I can't believe it. I'm so happy for you!" "For us!" Sparkle said, his eyes shining. "And, look, we've bonded." He nuzzled Sienna's hair. One dark corkscrew curl was now a rainbow of colour. Sienna squealed with joy and hugged Sparkle again while her friends whooped and their unicorns stamped their hooves. "Where's the diamond?" said Lyra suddenly. She started to hunt for it. Ivy and Evie joined in, but Sienna didn't care about the diamond any more. She wanted to talk to Sparkle. She stroked his face. "I'm sorry it's taken this long to find your magic. Ms Nettles was right. It was my fault. I thought I was good at teamwork because I'm good at winning but that's not what it's about. Being in a team means supporting your teammates, listening and being happy when good stuff happens to them. From now on I'll remember that–with you and the others. Being in a team IS great!" She kissed him. "Particularly when it's a team with your best friend." Sparkle nuzzled her. "Am I your best friend?" Sienna glanced at Lyra, Evie and Ivy. They were all brilliant– she knew she'd be friends with them for the rest of her life– but they weren't Sparkle. The bond she had with him was extra-special. "You are," she said softly. He sighed happily. "And you're mine too. It's not your fault we didn't find my magic. This adventure has made me realise I'm not good at speaking up. I need to get better at saying what I think and feel. I shouldn't always just agree with you, particularly when we're In a dangerous situation." "So we're both going to change," said Sienna. "Yes, but you're still allowed to like winning and I'm still allowed to agree with you most of the time!" "Deal!" said Sienna, laughing and kissing his forehead. "Sienna," Lyra called anxiously, "we can't find the diamond! It's vanished!"

“闪闪，那是你吗？”她结结巴巴地说，站了起来。 “我……我想我找到了我的魔法。” “火花有治愈魔法！”莱拉高兴地叫道。 西耶娜伸出双臂搂住斯巴克的脖子。 “我简直不敢相信。我真为你高兴！”“我们!”斯巴克说，他的眼睛闪闪发光。 “而且，你看，我们已经建立了联系。” 他用鼻子摸摸西耶娜的头发。一个黑色的螺旋状卷曲现在变成了彩虹的颜色。 西耶娜高兴得尖叫起来，又拥抱了斯巴克，她的朋友们欢呼起来，他们的独角兽跺着蹄子。 “钻石在哪儿？”莱拉突然问。 她开始寻找它。 艾薇和艾薇也加入进来，但西耶娜不再关心钻石了。 她想和斯巴克谈谈。 她抚摸着他的脸。“很抱歉这么久才找到你的魔法。 奈特尔斯女士是对的。是我的错。 我以为我擅长团队合作，因为我擅长获胜，但事实并非如此。 在团队中意味着支持你的队友，倾听他们，并在他们遇到好事情时感到高兴。 从现在起，我会记住这一点——对你和其他人。 在一个团队里是很棒的！”她吻了他。 “尤其是和你最好的朋友在一起的时候。” 闪闪用鼻子蹭她。“我是你最好的朋友吗？”西耶娜瞥了莱拉、艾薇和艾薇一眼。 他们都很聪明——她知道她会和他们做一辈子的朋友——但他们不是斯巴克。 她和他的关系特别特别。 “你是，”她轻声说。 他高兴地叹了口气。“你也是我的。 没找到我的魔法又不是你的错。 这次冒险让我意识到我不善于直言不讳。 我需要更好地说出我的想法和感受。 我不应该总是同意你的意见，尤其是在我们处于危险境地的时候。” “所以我们都要改变，”西耶娜说。 “是的，但你仍然可以喜欢胜利，而我大多数时候仍然可以同意你的意见！”“成交！”西耶娜笑着说，吻了吻他的额头。 “西耶娜，”莱拉焦急地叫道，“我们找不到钻石了！是消失了!”

Sienna bit her lip. "I might have had something to do with that." They all stared at her. "What did you do?" asked Evie, astonished. She grinned. "When I held it for those few seconds I wished for my heart's desire." As soon as she had felt the diamond's power she had known what she should wish for. No matter how desperate she was for Sparkle to find his magic and for them to be able to graduate with their friends, the island would always come first. She had to protect it. "I wished for the diamond to be somewhere safe, where no one could ever use it to harm Unicorn Island." The others gasped and then rushed over to hug her. "That was genius, Sienna!" said Lyra. "I'd never have thought of that," said Ivy. "So where do you think it went?" asked Evie. Sienna shrugged. "No idea. But who cares, so long as it's safe." "Totally," said Lyra. "Now we should get back and tell Ms Nettles what Dr Briar's been up to. It's been an amazing adventure even if we're not going back with the diamond. Just solving the clues and finding it has been enough." Sienna smiled round at her friends. Lyra was right. They'd had so much fun– who cared if they didn't have the treasure in their hands? Sienna searched in her pockets for the model of the academy. She climbed back on Sparkle, then holding the model in her hand she spoke clearly, "Please take us back to the academy." A wind swirled about her, lifting everyone off the ground and whisking them away.

西耶娜咬着嘴唇。“我可能跟这件事有关系。” 他们都盯着她。“你做了什么？”伊维惊讶地问。 她咧嘴一笑。“当我拿着它的那几秒钟，我希望实现我内心的愿望。” 她一感受到钻石的力量，就知道自己该许什么愿了。 无论她多么渴望斯巴克能找到他的魔法，多么渴望他们能和朋友们一起毕业，小岛永远是第一位的。 她必须保护它。“我希望钻石能被放在一个安全的地方，这样就没有人能用它来伤害独角兽岛了。” 其他人倒吸了一口气，然后冲过去拥抱她。 “真是天才，西耶娜！”莱拉说。 “我从来没有想过这个，”艾薇说。 “那你认为它去哪儿了？”伊薇问。 黄土耸耸肩。“不知道。 但谁在乎呢，只要安全就行。” “完全正确。”莱拉说。“现在我们应该回去告诉荨麻女士布瑞尔博士在做什么。 这是一次奇妙的冒险即使我们不能带着钻石回去。 只要解开线索并找到它就足够了。” 西耶娜朝周围的朋友们微笑。 莱拉是对的。他们玩得那么开心——谁会在乎他们手里有没有宝藏呢？ 西耶娜在口袋里翻找学院的模特。 她爬回到斯巴克身上，然后把模特拿在手里，清晰地说：“请带我们回学院吧。” 一阵风在她周围旋转，把所有人都从地上吹起，迅速地带走了。