6. A SURPRISE IN THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER 6 A SURPRISE IN THE SHADOWS Zera sang a calming, peaceful tune. The guardian yawned and its eyes began to droop. It struggled to stay awake.

第六章阴影中的惊喜泽拉唱了一首平静祥和的曲子。 守护者打了个哈欠，眼睛开始下垂。 它挣扎着保持清醒。

"Begone..." The griffin began but trailed off. "...zzzzzzzzzzzz." Petra put a finger to her lips and Zera stopped singing. Then she motioned for Drake and Worm to follow her. They tiptoed past the sleeping beast and continued toward the marble temple. "That was incredible," Drake said, looking over his shoulder. Petra patted the book. "I read more while you were in Sindhu. That song will keep the griffin asleep for a day and a night." "We are lucky to have a singing dragon with us!" Drake said. He looked up at the sky-shadow. "We should summon the Star Dragon now. We will need time to explain everything to Stella and Nova before Aruna and Chaya get here."

“走开……”狮鹫开始了，但却渐渐消失了。 “……zzzzzzzzzzzz。”佩特拉把一根手指放在嘴唇上，泽拉停止了唱歌。 然后她示意德雷克和沃姆跟她走。 他们蹑手蹑脚地走过熟睡的野兽，继续朝大理石神庙走去。 “太不可思议了，”德雷克回过头说。 佩特拉拍了拍书。“你在信德的时候，我读了更多的书。 这首歌能让狮鹫睡上一天一夜。” “我们很幸运，有一条会唱歌的龙和我们在一起！”德雷克说。 他抬头看了看天空的阴影。 “我们现在应该召唤星龙。 在阿鲁娜和查雅来之前，我们需要时间向斯特拉和诺瓦解释一切。”

Petra handed the book to Drake. "Can you please hold this open for me while I play the notes?" Drake opened it to "The Song of the Star Dragon." Petra raised the Star Flute to her lips and began to play. "Oops!" said Petra. "My hands are shaking a little and I played a wrong note. Let me start over."

佩特拉把书递给德雷克。 “我弹音符的时候，你能帮我把这个打开吗？”德雷克打开的是《星龙之歌》。 佩特拉把星笛举到嘴边，开始吹起来。 “哎呀！”佩特拉说。“我的手有点发抖，我弹错了音。 让我重新开始。”

Suddenly, a dark, swirling portal appeared overhead in the sky-shadow. Drake looked up hopefully. Is the song working before Petra has even finished? A dragon flew out of the portal—a dragon with gray feathered wings, long white tusks, and glowing red eyes. His Dragon Master had gray hair, and her eyes glowed red, too.

突然，一个黑暗的、旋转的传送门出现在头顶的天空阴影中。 德雷克满怀希望地抬起头。 佩特拉还没唱完这首歌就起作用了吗？ 一条龙从入口飞了出来——这条龙长着灰色的羽毛翅膀，白色的长牙和闪闪发光的红眼睛。 他的龙师父头发灰白，眼睛也发着红光。

Drake gasped. "Chaya and Aruna! They got here faster than I thought they could!" Petra stopped playing the flute and stared at the Shadow Dragon. Then Drake noticed something—Darpan was hanging from Chaya's taill Chaya landed on top of the marble temple. Darpan jumped down and ran over to Drake. "I'm sorry!" Darpan said. "I didn't know that Chaya could create portals to travel through the sky-shadow. There was no way to warn you we'd arrive so soon!" Worm and Zera faced Chaya, ready to spring into action.

德雷克气喘吁吁地说。“恰雅和阿鲁纳！”他们来得比我想象的还要快！”佩特拉停止吹笛子，盯着黑龙。 然后德雷克注意到一些东西——达潘挂在恰雅的尾巴上。恰雅落在大理石神庙的顶部。 达潘跳了下来，跑向德雷克。 “对不起!”Darpan说。“我不知道查雅可以创造穿越天影的入口。 没办法提醒你我们这么快就到了！”Worm和Zera面对Chaya，准备开始行动。

Aruna glared at her brother. "Darpan!" she snapped. "Why are Drake and these dragons here? Where are the wizards you told us about?" Darpan stammered. "I—I..." Drake stepped forward. "Darpan just wants to help you," he said. "We can summon a Star Dragon to this temple. If you could listen—" Chaya flew down to the temple steps and roared. RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWR!

阿鲁娜怒视着她哥哥。 “达潘！”她厉声说。“德雷克和这些龙为什么在这里？” 你告诉我们的那些巫师在哪里？”Darpan结结巴巴地说。 “我……”德雷克走上前去。 “达潘只是想帮助你，”他说。 “我们可以召唤一条星龙来这座寺庙。 如果你能听——”查雅飞到寺庙的台阶上，咆哮着。 RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWR !