Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE It was cold and wintery when the girls woke up the next morning. "Let's take our breakfast down to the stables and start practising our routine," said Lyra. Sienna didn't move. "You lot go on ahead without me. Sparkle and I will turn into icicles if we have to stand around watching you all morning. I'm going to stay in bed a bit longer." "Can't I stay in bed longer too?" moaned Ivy, who hated getting up. "No!" said Lyra, plucking the duvet off her. "You need to get up!" Evie came over to Sienna. "Please come and practise with us. It's more fun when we're all together." Sienna shook her head. "It's boring watching you all do things when Sparkle and I can't join in. You go. I'll see you later." She lay in bed, listening to their voices fading as they clattered down the stairs. Excitement started to fizz inside her as she remembered her idea from the night before. The others might be cross with her, but in the end they'd understand that she'd had to do it to graduate with them. And how amazing would it be to come back to the academy with the diamond and with Sparkle having found his magic? Once she was sure the others would be busy practising their routine, she ran to the stables. There was no one else around; all the other students were

第三章第二天早上，当女孩们醒来时，天已经很冷了。 “我们把早餐拿到马厩里去，开始练习我们的常规动作吧。”莱拉说。 西耶娜没有动。“你们自己走吧。 如果我们整个早上都站在这儿看着你的话，我和闪闪会变成冰柱的。 我要在床上多躺一会儿。” “我不能在床上多待一会儿吗？”艾薇抱怨道，她讨厌起床。 “不！”莱拉说着，把羽绒被从她身上扯下来。 “你得起来！”伊薇来到西耶娜身边。 “来和我们一起练习吧。 当我们都在一起的时候会更有趣。” 西耶娜摇了摇头。“看着你们大家做事情，而我和斯巴克却不能一起做，真无聊。 你走。待会儿见。” 她躺在床上，听着他们下楼梯时的声音在逐渐减弱。 当她想起前一天晚上的主意时，兴奋之情开始在她体内沸腾起来。 其他人可能会生她的气，但最终他们会明白，她必须这样做才能和他们一起毕业。 如果能带着钻石回到学院，让斯巴克找到自己的魔力，那该有多棒啊？ 当她确信其他的狗狗正忙着练习它们的例行公事时，她就跑到马厩去了。 周围没有别人；所有其他的学生都是

busy practising for their displays. "Sparkle!" Sienna said excitedly, bursting into his stall. "Get ready– we're going on an adventure!" "What, now?" Sparkle looked intrigued. "What kind of an adventure?" "An adventure with just the two of us!" Sienna quickly explained her plan, leaving out the part where she used the diamond to wish for them both to graduate. "Let's go right away," she finished, heading out of his stall. Sparkle hurried after her. "Sienna, wait! What about the others? We're supposed to be a team. Won't they be upset if you find the diamond without them?" Sienna frowned. She wasn't used to Sparkle disagreeing with her. "Don't fuss, Sparkle. It'll be fine. They're really busy practising their

忙着练习表演 “闪耀!”西耶娜兴奋地说，冲进了他的隔间。 “准备好——我们要去冒险了！”“什么,现在?”斯巴克看上去很好奇。 “什么样的冒险？”“一次只有我们两个人的冒险！”西耶娜很快解释了她的计划，省略了她用钻石祝愿他们俩都能毕业的部分。 “我们马上走吧。”她说完，走出了他的摊位。 闪闪急忙跟在她后面。 “黄土,等等!其他人呢？ 我们应该是一个团队。 如果你在没有他们的情况下找到了钻石，他们会不高兴吗？”黄土皱起了眉头。 她不习惯Sparkle不同意她的意见。 “别大惊小怪，斯巴克。会没事的。 他们真的很忙

graduation display. I'm just saving them the trouble of going to the maze." Sparkle still looked worried. "We have to go," she insisted. "If we find the diamond, we can—" She broke off. What if he wasn't happy about her plan to make a wish with the diamond either? "We can what?" he asked curiously. "We can bring it back here and stop Dr Briar from getting it!" she said, continuing out into the stable yard. "Come on!" "I'm really not sure about this," Sparkle said, following her. "Well, I am," Sienna said impatiently. "I'm going to the maze, Sparkle. Are you coming with me or not?" He gave in. "Of course I'll come." Sienna felt a rush of triumph. "Awesome!" She was about to climb on his back when she heard Ms Rosemary, the Care of Unicorns teacher calling her sharply. "Sienna!" Heart sinking, she looked round. From across the yard Ms Rosemary and Ms Nettles were striding towards her. "What are you doing?" "I'm going for a ride," Sienna said. "But look at Sparkle! You haven't groomed him. His mane and tail are full of straw; his coat has stains on. This is not good enough, Sienna." Ms Rosemary fixed her with a stern look. "Why are you going for a ride? Shouldn't you be with your dorm in the indoor arena working on your display?" "They don't need me." Sienna was aware she sounded a bit sulky. "I can't do magic," she explained. "I can't do anything fun in the display, so I don't need to practise." Ms Nettles raised her eyebrows. "The point is that you should be there to support your friends. It's not always about being the star; it's about being part of a team." Sienna felt like pulling a face but she stopped herself. She did like being part of a team but only when there was a competition to win and everyone was cheering her on! Ms Nettles studied her. "Sienna, you have the potential to be a wonderful guardian. You're strong and independent, brave and determined,

毕业展览。我只是想省去他们去迷宫的麻烦。” 斯巴克看上去仍然很担心。 “我们得走了，”她坚持说。 “如果我们找到钻石，我们就能——”她停了下来。 如果他对她用钻石许愿的计划也不满意呢？ “我们能做什么？”他好奇地问。 “我们可以把它带回这里，阻止布瑞尔博士得到它！”她说着，继续向马厩的院子走去。 “来吧!”“我真的不确定，”斯巴克跟着她说。 “嗯，我是，”西耶娜不耐烦地说。 “我要去迷宫，闪闪。 你到底要不要跟我一起去？”他让步了。 “我当然会来的。”西耶娜感到一阵胜利的喜悦。 “棒极了!”她正要爬到他的背上，突然听到照管独角兽课的老师罗斯玛丽小姐严厉地叫她。 “黄土!”她环顾四周，心一沉。 在院子的另一边，罗斯玛丽女士和荨麻女士正大步朝她走来。 “你在干什么？”“我要去兜风，”西耶娜说。 “但是看看斯巴克！”你没有培养他。 它的鬃毛和尾巴都是稻草；他的外套上有污渍。 这还不够好，西耶娜。” 罗斯玛丽女士用严厉的目光盯着她。 “你为什么要去兜风？” 难道你不应该和你的宿舍在室内体育馆做你的展示吗？”“他们不需要我。” 西耶娜意识到她听起来有点不高兴。 “我不会施魔法，”她解释道。 “我不能在展示中做任何有趣的事情，所以我不需要练习。” 荨麻女士扬起了眉毛。 “关键是你应该在那里支持你的朋友。 这并不总是为了成为明星；这是关于成为团队的一员。” 西耶娜想做个鬼脸，但她忍住了。 她确实喜欢成为团队的一员，但只有在比赛中获胜，每个人都为她加油的时候！荨麻女士打量着她。 “西耶娜，你有潜力成为一名出色的守护者。 你坚强、独立、勇敢、坚定，

and I don't want you to lose those qualities. However, you will not fulfil your potential unless you learn to be a team player." Sienna sighed inwardly. Ms Nettles was so annoying. Blah, blah, blah. She let her thoughts drift off to the maze. When she came back with the Unicorn's Diamond, Ms Nettles and Ms Rosemary would both have to admit she'd be a great guardian! "Take Sparkle back into the stable and groom him properly," Ms Rosemary added crisply. "It's only one week to graduation. You should spend every moment with Sparkle trying to bond and discover his magic." Reluctantly, Sienna turned Sparkle round and headed back into the stables. "Ms Nettles and Ms Rosemary are mean," said Sparkle, nuzzling her as she started to brush his mane. "Yes," agreed Sienna. "You'll be a brilliant guardian," Sparkle told her. "And you and I make a great team." Sienna felt a flicker of guilt as she thought about her plan for the diamond. "So what are we going to do now?" Sparkle asked. "Are we still going?" Sienna hesitated. Although she felt cross with her teachers, she couldn't

我不希望你失去这些品质 然而，如果你不学会团队合作，你就无法发挥你的潜力。” 西耶娜暗自叹了口气。荨麻女士太烦人了。 废话连篇。她的思绪飘向迷宫。 当她带着独角兽的钻石回来时，荨麻女士和罗斯玛丽女士都不得不承认她是一个伟大的守护者！“把斯巴克带回马厩，给他好好梳理一下，”罗斯玛丽女士干脆地补充道。 “离毕业只有一周了。 你应该时时刻刻和斯巴克在一起，努力增进感情，发现他的魔力。” 西耶娜不情愿地让斯巴克转过身，回到马厩里去了。 “荨麻女士和罗斯玛丽女士都很刻薄，”火花说，一边用鼻子蹭着她，一边开始给它刷鬃毛。 “是的，”西耶娜同意道。“你会成为一个出色的守护者，”斯巴克对她说。 “你和我是一个伟大的团队。” 当西耶娜想到她的钻石计划时，她感到一阵内疚。 “那我们现在该怎么办呢？”闪耀问道。 “我们还走吗？”黄土犹豫了。 虽然她对老师们很生气，但她做不到

help hearing their words in her head and it was making her rethink. Maybe Sparkle was right. It wasn't a very team-like thing for them to go to the maze on their own. She knew how mad she'd be if one of the others decided to do that. And she might need their help. There was no reason why she couldn't go ahead of her friends once they were in the maze and make sure she reached the diamond before anyone else. "We'll wait for the others," she said slowly. Sparkle looked relieved. "Oh, good!" After she had groomed him, they went outside. Sienna was just debating whether to join Ruby dorm in the arena– boring– or whether to go for a gallop in the meadows– much more fun– when Ivy came out of the arena and spotted her. "Sienna!" she called happily. "You've come to join in! Yay!" Sienna forced a smile. She couldn't exactly go off now. "Yeah, I'm here," she said, riding Sparkle over to the arena where several other dorms were practising too. It was a very dull morning watching the others. Misty made bubbles with her bubble magic and Sunshine exploded them. Flame shrank all the jumps dotted around as the others jumped them before turning them back to their proper size. Sienna watched, half-heartedly calling out encouragement until she could join In with the crossnet skills and riding displays at the end. "Well done, everyone," called Lyra as they got into a line and bowed. "I'm worn out!" said Ivy, flopping on Flame's neck. "Not so tired that you don't want to come out with the rest of us this afternoon, I hope," said Lyra. Ivy smiled. "Definitely not." She lowered her voice to a whisper. "Imagine how exciting it will be if we actually find the you-know-what!" "That might not be the only exciting thing that will happen." Lyra shot a meaningful look at Sienna and Sparkle. Sienna's tummy lurched. Had Lyra guessed her plan? "What do you mean?" she said. "Misty discovered her magic when we were out on an adventure. Maybe Sparkle will find his too," said Lyra.

帮助她在脑海中听到他们的话，这让她重新思考。 也许斯巴克是对的。对他们来说，独自进入迷宫并不是一件很像团队的事情。 她知道如果其他人也这么做，她会有多生气。 她可能需要他们的帮助。 一旦她的朋友们进入迷宫，她没有理由不能走在他们前面，确保她比其他人先到达钻石。 “我们等其他人。”她慢慢地说。 斯巴克看上去松了一口气。“哦,好!”她给他梳洗过后，他们就出去了。 Sienna正在争论是否要和Ruby宿舍一起去竞技场——很无聊——还是要去草地上跑一跑——更有趣——Ivy从竞技场出来发现了她。 “西耶娜！”她高兴地叫道。 “你是来参加的！”耶!”西耶娜勉强笑了笑。 她现在还不能离开。 “是啊，我在这里。”她说着，骑着斯巴克向竞技场走去，其他几个宿舍也在那里练习。 这是一个非常沉闷的早晨，看着其他人。 米斯蒂用她的泡泡魔法制造泡泡，阳光把它们炸开。 当其他人跳起来的时候，火焰把周围的跳跃都缩小了，然后又把它们变回原来的大小。 西耶娜看着，半心半意地喊着鼓励，直到最后她能加入到交叉网技巧和骑马表演中。 “大家干得好。”莱拉说，这时他们排成一排，鞠了个躬。 “我累坏了！”艾薇说着，扑倒在火苗的脖子上。 “我希望你不会累到今天下午不想和我们一起出去。”莱拉说。 艾薇笑了。“绝对不会。” 她把声音压低成耳语。 “想象一下，如果我们真的找到了那个……那个东西，那该有多激动人心啊！”“这可能不是唯一令人兴奋的事情。” 莱拉意味深长地看了西耶娜和斯巴克一眼。 西耶娜的肚子一阵痉挛。莱拉猜到她的计划了吗？ “你是什么意思？”她说。 “我们出去冒险的时候，米斯蒂发现了她的魔法。 也许闪闪也会找到他的。”莱拉说。

Sienna breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, I hope Sparkle does discover his magic!" said Evie. Sienna nodded quickly. "Me too!" If that happened, she wouldn't even need to make a wish on the diamond! But she decided she would still make sure she reached it first– just in case. "This adventure is going to be fun!" Ivy said happily. Sienna grinned. "Bring it on!"

西耶娜松了一口气。 “哦，我希望斯巴克发现了他的魔法！” 西耶娜迅速地点了点头。“我也是!”如果发生这种情况，她甚至不需要对钻石许愿！但她还是决定确保自己先到，以防万一。 “这次冒险会很有趣的！”艾薇高兴地说。 黄土咧嘴一笑。“来吧！”