Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX When the girls went to give the unicorns their evening feeds, Sienna whispered their plan to Sparkle. "Yay!" Sparkle said, stamping his hoof. "We're going hunting for—" "Sssh!" Sienna said hastily. "Solomon might hear, remember!" Sparkle nodded hard, his mouth pressed tightly shut, his eyes shining. He looked so cute that Sienna hugged him. She really was lucky to have him even if he hadn't found his magic yet. And I'm lucky to have my friends, she thought as they all trooped back to the school arm In arm. None of them made me feel bad about going to the maze, not even Evie, and if we'd listened to her in the first place, we might have found the diamond by now. She was starting to feel more and more unsure about her plan to get to the diamond first. She didn't want to upset her friends. But I really do want to graduate, she thought, feeling torn. Later, when the academy was quiet, the girls crept down the stairs. They ran across the frosty grass to get their unicorns, then rode them back to the hall. The force field was humming softly as they approached it. The girls

第六章当姑娘们去给独角兽喂食的时候，西耶娜悄悄地把她们的计划告诉了斯巴克。 “耶!”斯巴克跺着蹄子说。 “我们要去找——”“嘘！”西耶娜急忙说。 “所罗门可能会听到的，记住！”闪闪使劲点了点头，嘴巴紧闭，眼睛闪闪发光。 他看起来很可爱，西耶娜拥抱了他。 她真的很幸运能拥有他，即使他还没有发现自己的魔力。 我很幸运有我的朋友，当他们手挽手结队回学校时，她想。 他们都没有让我对去迷宫感到内疚，即使是伊薇，如果我们一开始就听她的话，我们现在可能已经找到钻石了。 她开始对自己先拿到钻石的计划越来越不确定了。 她不想让朋友们不高兴。 但我真的很想毕业，她想，心里很纠结。 后来，当学校安静下来时，女孩们蹑手蹑脚地走下楼梯。 他们跑过结霜的草地去找独角兽，然后骑着它们回到大厅。 当他们走近力场时，它轻轻地嗡嗡作响。 女孩们

swapped looks. "Do you think it's going to let us use it?" Evie said. Sienna took a deep breath. "Only one way to find out!" She rode towards the invisible barrier and the humming grew louder. "Please," Sienna said softly. "Please let us past, magic map. I know I got it wrong before." The buzzing faded slightly and she felt encouraged. "Help us get to the mound at the centre of the island. We think the Unicorn's Diamond is there and we don't want Dr Briar to find it first." The buzzing stopped completely. Sienna held her breath as she reached out a hand. The barrier had gone! "We're through!" Turning, she saw the delight on her friends' faces and was relieved she'd abandoned her original plan of finding the diamond on her own. This was much more fun! Everyone crowded round the map and the girls joined hands. With her free hand Sienna reached for the little hill at the centre of the island and touched its top. "Please take us to the labyrinth." A wind sprang up, whirling Sienna's hair around her face. Sparkle's rainbow mane flew up too, and the room began to spin faster and faster. The next moment, Sienna felt herself being whisked away. The magic spun her and Sparkle around in the air and then they landed with a soft thud on springy turf. Sienna put out her hand just in time to catch a tiny model of Unicorn Academy. It had happened before when they'd used the map and she knew it would provide the fastest way of returning to school. Putting it safely in her coat pocket, she looked around. They were standing next to a small grassy mound with a rectangular monument on top. It was engraved with names and had pictures of unicorns carved into the top. "It's a monument to all the great unicorns who have lived on the island," said Evie, examining it in the moonlight. Sienna looked round. A little way off was a huddle of trees. For a moment she thought she saw a pale shape move in the shadows between the tree trunks, but a second later there was just darkness. She must have imagined it.

交换的样子。“你认为它会让我们使用它吗？”艾维说。 西耶娜深吸了一口气。 “只有一个办法才能知道！”她骑马奔向那道看不见的屏障，嗡嗡声越来越响。 “求你了，”西耶娜轻声说。 “请让我们过去吧，神奇的地图。 我知道我以前弄错了。” 嗡嗡声稍微消失了，她感到鼓舞。 “帮我们到岛中央的土丘上去。 我们认为独角兽的钻石就在那里，我们不想让布瑞尔博士先找到它。” 嗡嗡声完全停止了。 西耶娜屏住呼吸，伸出一只手。 屏障不见了！“我们通过!”转过身来，她看到朋友们脸上的喜悦，她放弃了自己寻找钻石的原计划，感到如释重负。 这更有趣！大家都围在地图周围，姑娘们手拉手。 西耶娜用空着的那只手去摸岛中央的小山，摸到了山顶。 “请带我们去迷宫。” 一阵风吹来，把西耶娜的头发吹到脸上。 闪闪的彩虹鬃毛也飞了起来，房间开始转得越来越快。 下一刻，西耶娜感到自己被飞快地带走了。 魔法使她和闪闪在空中旋转，然后他们轻轻地落在有弹性的草皮上。 西耶娜伸出手，正好抓住了独角兽学院的一个小模型。 以前他们用地图的时候也发生过这种情况，她知道这是返回学校的最快途径。 她把它安全地放进大衣口袋里，环顾四周。 他们站在一个长满草的小丘旁边，上面有一个长方形的纪念碑。 上面刻着名字，顶部还刻着独角兽的图案。 “这是一座纪念所有在岛上生活过的独角兽的纪念碑。”伊维说着，在月光下打量着它。 西耶娜环顾四周。不远处是一丛树。 有那么一会儿，她以为自己看到树干之间的阴影里有一个苍白的人影在动，但一秒钟后就一片漆黑。 那一定是她想象出来的。

"Let's look for an entrance to the labyrinth," said Lyra, jumping off Misty. They circled the monument, searching for a way In, running their hands over the stone and looking for secret buttons. Sienna dropped to her hands and knees and crawled round the base of the plinth, her fingers searching the stone until they discovered a gap. Her heart leapt as she probed it. "Lyra, can I borrow a torch?" "Sure." Lyra rummaged for one in her explorer's bag. Sienna shone the torch in the hole. The cavity was empty but the torch beam illuminated a stone circle at the back with a tiny picture of a unicorn crying a tear of joy. She gasped. "I've found a button with Daybreak on!" "Press it!" urged Lyra. Heart beating fast, Sienna pushed it. What would happen? From deep inside the earth a rumbling started and the ground began to gently shake. Stone grated against stone and then slowly but surely the whole of the grassy mound sank into the ground, taking them all with it!

“我们去找迷宫的入口吧。”莱拉说着，从米斯蒂身上跳了下来。 他们绕着纪念碑转了一圈，寻找一条进去的路，用手摸着石头，寻找秘密的按钮。 西耶娜俯身跪在地上，沿着底座底部爬来爬去，她的手指在石头上搜寻，直到发现了一个缺口。 她探查着，心怦怦直跳。 “莱拉，我能借个手电筒吗？”“当然。” 莱拉在她的探险包里翻找着。 西耶娜用火把照着洞。 洞里是空的，但火炬的光束照亮了后面的一个石头圈，上面有一幅小画，一只独角兽在欢乐地哭泣。 她喘着气。“我找到了一个亮着‘黎明’的按钮！”“按！”莱拉催促道。 西耶娜的心怦怦直跳，推了推。 会发生什么？从地底深处传来隆隆声，地面开始轻轻地摇晃起来。 石头摩擦着石头，然后慢慢地，但肯定地整个草堆沉入地下，把他们都带走了！