9 Ch9-Tricked!

CHAPTER 9 TRICKED! Drake stepped out into the open. His shadow moved across the sand. "How can I trust you?" Drake asked the wizard. Astrid located the sound of his voice. Her eyes fixed on his shadow. "Give me the branch," she said as she floated over to the still-swirling portal. "I'll go right back to Navid and finish my spell."

第9章受骗了!德雷克走到空地上。 他的影子在沙滩上移动。 “我怎么能相信你呢?”德雷克问巫师。 阿斯特丽德听出了他的声音。 她的眼睛盯着他的影子。 “把树枝给我。”她边说边飘向仍在旋转的传送门。 “我马上回去找纳维，完成我的咒语。”

Drake took a deep breath. I hate to give up the branch, he thought. But it's the only way to stop Astrid from hurting more of my friends. He reached for the branch inside his pocket. He knew what he needed to do. Drake bit his lip and pressed his finger against a thorn. Instantly, Drake could see himself again. He was no longer a shadow. He walked up to Astrid. "Here you go," he said, holding the branch up to her.

德雷克深吸了一口气。我不愿意放弃那根树枝，他想。 但这是唯一能阻止阿斯特丽德伤害我朋友的办法。 他伸手去拿口袋里的树枝。 他知道他需要做什么。 德雷克咬着嘴唇，把手指按在一根刺上。 德雷克立刻又看见了自己。 他不再是一个影子。 他走向阿斯特丽德。“给你，”他说着，把树枝举到她面前。

She took it from him and tucked it into her belt. A huge grin spread across her face. "Oh, you sweet, trusting boy," she said. Magical energy crackled from her fingertips. Astrid pointed at Bo. Red light streaked from her fingertips and hit the boy's Dragon Stone. The stone turned black. Zap! Zap! She hit Opeli's and Manawa's Ahi Stones next. They turned black, too.

她从他手里拿过来，塞进腰带里。 她脸上绽开灿烂的笑容。 “哦，你这个可爱的、信任别人的孩子，”她说。 神奇的能量从她的指尖噼啪作响。 阿斯特丽德指着波。红光从她的指尖划过，照在男孩的龙石上。 石头变黑了。杀死!杀死!她又去了Opeli's和Manawa's的Ahi Stones。 他们也变黑了。

She lied! Drake thought. I can't let her zap my Dragon Stone! I don't think Worm would use his powers without me, but I can't take that chance. He ran back into the trees. Astrid grabbed an empty bottle from her belt. "Now I will attack your dragons, and they will attack me back!" she cried, cackling with laughter. "Then I will steal their powers!" Manawa sprang forward. "No, you won't!" he yelled. Manawa pushed Astrid as hard as he could. Then he thudded back onto the sand. Astrid's mouth opened in shock as she fell backward into the portal. "Nooooooooooooooo!" she wailed.

她撒了谎!德雷克的想法。我不能让她毁掉我的龙之石!没有我，虫子是不会使用他的超能力的，但我不能冒这个险。 他跑回树林里。 阿斯特丽德从腰带上抓起一个空瓶子。 “现在我要攻击你的恶龙，恶龙也会反击我!”她咯咯笑着叫道。 “那我就去偷他们的力量!”玛纳瓦跳上前去。 “不，你不会的!” 马纳瓦用尽全力推着阿斯特丽德。 然后他重重地回到沙滩上。 阿斯特丽德吓得张大了嘴，倒在了传送门里。 “不——不——不——不!”