Chapter 7

CHAPTER SEVEN

第七章

Cloud landed with a whump, his hooves sinking into soft ground. Isabel opened her eyes and stared at her surroundings. The map had worked! She was in the middle of a sunny beach. The sea was a deep blue and a salty breeze sent frothy waves licking at the shore. "It's not raining here," said Scarlett, squinting up at the clear sky. "It's lovely." Isabel stretched out her arms, letting the sun warm her. Her hand snagged on something caught in Cloud's mane. "What's this?" she asked, holding up a tiny model of Unicorn Academy. Scarlett grinned. "That's our way home. Don't lose it or we'll be galloping all the way back." Isabel pushed the model deep down in her

云砰的一声落在地上，他的蹄子陷进了松软的土地里。 伊莎贝尔睁开眼睛，凝视着周围的环境。 地图起作用了！她在阳光明媚的海滩中央。 大海是深蓝色的，带咸味的微风吹起泡沫的海浪舔舐着海岸。 “这里没有下雨，"思嘉说，一面眯着眼睛望着晴朗的天空。 “这是可爱。”伊莎贝尔伸出双臂，让阳光温暖她。 她的手被克劳德鬃毛里的什么东西绊住了。 “这是什么？”她举起一个独角兽学院的小模型问道。 斯佳丽咧嘴一笑。“那是我们回家的路。 别把它弄丢了，不然我们就一路飞奔回去了。” 伊莎贝尔把这个模型深深地植入了她的身体

pocket. There wasn't time to ride back. They had to find the rain seeds and get them to the academy before everyone was sent away. She eyed the coastline stretching away in both directions, and then the caves and steep cliffs behind her. Her mind started to form a plan. "It's going to take ages to find the rain seeds," she said, silently adding, if they're even here. "We should split up. Ava and Sophia, you take the beach. Olivia and Layla, you…" She was about to say climb up and search the cliff paths but then she noticed that Layla was looking pale. Remembering how she'd felt when she'd been climbing the clock tower, Isabel gave Layla the choice. "Layla, would you prefer to search the cliff paths or the caves?"

口袋里。没有时间骑回去了。 他们必须在所有人都被送走之前找到雨水种子并把它们送到学院。 她注视着向两个方向延伸的海岸线，然后是身后的洞穴和陡峭的悬崖。 她的头脑开始形成一个计划。 “要找到雨水的种子要花很长时间，”她说，并默默地补充道，如果它们在这里的话。 “我们应该分开。艾娃和索菲亚，你们去海滩。 奥利维亚和蕾拉，你们……”她刚想说爬上去搜寻悬崖小径，但她注意到蕾拉脸色苍白。 想起自己爬钟楼时的感受，伊莎贝尔给了蕾拉一个选择。 “蕾拉，你是喜欢在悬崖小径上找，还是在洞穴里找？”

"The caves." Layla smiled gratefully. "OK, you two check the caves and Scarlett and I will go up the cliffs," said Isabel bravely. "Good luck, everyone." She smiled encouragingly. "We can do this. We can find the seeds!" Isabel tried not to notice the height of the cliffs as they set off. The sand stretched out invitingly in front of them. "Let's gallop there!" she said. She wanted to be the first to find the seeds. But Cloud slowed down to a walk. "I don't think we should. The ground feels spongy– there might be sinking sand." "But—" said Isabel. "We won't find the seeds if we get stuck," interrupted Cloud. Isabel fell silent. Cloud had a good point. She let him set the pace and concentrated on scanning the cliffs, hoping to see somewhere that rain seeds might be hidden.

“洞穴”。蕾拉感激地笑了。 “好吧，你们俩去看看山洞，我和思嘉去爬悬崖，"伊莎贝尔勇敢地说。 “祝大家好运。”她露出鼓励的微笑。 “我们可以做到。我们能找到种子！”他们出发时，伊莎贝尔尽量不去注意悬崖的高度。 沙滩诱人地在他们面前展开。 “我们骑马去吧！”她说。 她想第一个找到种子。 但是克劳德放慢了脚步，开始散步。 “我认为我们不应该这么做。地面摸起来像海绵——可能有下沉的沙子。” “可是——”伊莎贝尔说。“如果我们被困住了，就找不到种子了。” 伊莎贝尔沉默了。克劳德说得有道理。 她让他定好脚步，自己集中精力扫视悬崖，希望能找到可能藏着雨籽的地方。

As Cloud and Blaze started up the steep cliff path, Isabel wound a lock of Cloud's silvery- blue mane around her hands for courage. When Isabel saw a flash of blue from under a bush, Cloud left the path to investigate. The cliff face was steep with loose stones and Isabel clung on tightly as Cloud inched forward. Suddenly he lost his footing and slid several metres down before a scratchy bush broke his fall. Isabel's heart banged wildly against her ribs. The island magic would stop her from falling off but would it protect Cloud from falling down the cliff? "I'm fine," gasped Cloud, sensing Isabel's worry. He edged up to where she had seen the flash of blue but she was disappointed to see it was just a blue stone hidden by some golden flowers.

云和烈焰踏上陡峭的悬崖小径，伊莎贝尔把云的银蓝色鬃毛缠在手上以示勇气。 当伊莎贝尔看到灌木丛下有一道蓝色的闪光时，克劳德离开小路去调查。 悬崖峭壁陡峭，岩石松动，伊莎贝尔紧紧地抓着，克劳德一点点向前爬。 突然，他失去了立脚，往下滑了几米，然后一丛灌木挡住了他的脚步。 伊莎贝尔的心猛烈地撞击着肋骨。 岛上的魔法会阻止她掉下去，但它能保护克劳德不掉下悬崖吗？ “我很好。”克劳德喘着气说，感觉到了伊莎贝尔的担心。 他慢慢地走到她看到蓝色闪光的地方，但她失望地发现那只是一块被金花掩盖的蓝色石头。

They went on a bit further and Scarlett spotted something blue in a hollow. Isabel held her breath as Blaze walked sideways across the cliff face to reach it. Scarlet slid from his back and stuck her arm in the hole. "She's found them!" Isabel was so relieved the seeds had been found that she realised she didn't care that it was Scarlett who had got to them first. But her relief was cruelly dashed when Scarlett held up a blue feather. "Not the seeds," said Scarlett ruefully. Undeterred, they continued the search. At the top of the cliff, Cloud said they

他们又往前走了一会儿，思嘉在洼地里发现了一个蓝色的东西。 当布雷兹侧身穿过悬崖走向它时，伊莎贝尔屏住了呼吸。 思嘉从他背上滑下来，把胳膊插进洞里。 “她找到他们了！”找到了种子，伊莎贝尔如释重负，她意识到自己并不在乎是思嘉先拿到了种子。 可是思嘉举起一根蓝羽毛，狠狠地把她的解脱给打破了。 “不是种子，"思嘉伤心地说。 他们没有气馁，继续搜寻。 在悬崖顶上，克劳德说