Brave-HeartLv.20
天马

小马镇谜案Ⅱ- 木狼迷踪【官方小说翻译】

第十二章

第 14 章
6 年前
甜贝儿边问边走向其它小马道:“你们确定这是个好主意吗?”她们现在就站在无尽之森的入口处,她调整了一下她背上的背包,她们每只小马的背包都装满了糖果,也包括留着在噩梦之夜节目里使用的应急糖果,来确保有足够的数量来用于这次任务。
 
小萍花说道:“我们也没有别的选择,我们只有一次机会。”她从包里拿出了泽科拉给的药水。“我们冲进去,找到那木精狼,让它喝下这药水!”
 
莉月提醒道:“好的,不过首先我们要弄清楚谁是那只木精狼。”她打开她的背包,里面有一根黑色毛和一根粉红色的毛。“一旦发现是谁,我们就把她头发扔进药水里。。”
 
飞板璐补充道:“然后等药水变粉色”,然后她把蹄子伸进包里,掏出了一颗巴克球大小的薄荷糖,“一旦药水完成,我们就把药水倒到这上面,我们都知道不管那是谁她都会喜欢糖果,这样的话她肯定会很感兴趣的。”
 
甜贝儿现在内心仍然很害怕,但她仍下定决心去做这个需要她去做的任务,一只小马的性命正危在旦夕!也许是珀月,也许是萍琪派,这回她不能再当胆小鬼了。
 
“准备好了吗?”小萍花忽然问道,甜贝儿吓得尖叫着跳了起来。
 
甜贝儿答道:“哦是呀,对不起,我。。我只是有一点紧张,”其它小马互相看了看。
 
小萍花温柔地说道:“甜贝儿,如果你不想来的话没有小马会为此而伤心的。”
 
甜贝儿深吸了一口气,她可以做到的!“我们还有一只小马要拯救呢,我们走吧,童子军们。”
 
小萍花笑了。当最后一缕阳光在地平线上渐渐褪去后,她们迈出了蹄子一起走进了无尽之森。
 
她们在继续深入森林的一路上,铺下一连串糖果的踪迹。不管那木精狼是谁,糖果对它应该是难以抗拒的。在她们一路铺了一段后,甜贝儿开始在怀疑这个计划到底有没有作用。
 
然后她听到了一个声音。
 
甜贝儿紧张地问道:“那是什么声音?”其它小马停下来一起竖起耳朵听着,但除了森林里自己发出的自然声音之外什么也没听到。
 
飞板璐说道:“那应该是你的想象。”但一秒钟后那声音又响了起来,这次莉月也听到了。
 
月说道:“那听起来像。。。糖纸吗?”小马们都跟随着传来的声音静悄悄地穿过树林。在她们的上空,乌云笼罩着夜空,遮住了月光让小马很难看到。然而,她们能听到(撕开糖纸)那沙沙声越来越响。飞板璐向其它小马示意并指向前面的一个小峡谷,小马静悄悄地走进,她们把头探过山脊,往下看声音的来源,一个阴暗的马影正坐在一堆东西旁。
 
甜贝儿低声说道:“那是。。纠纠吗?”在她们下方的峡谷谷底,纠纠正坐在一堆糖果旁边,而她们听到的那些沙沙声是她撕开糖纸把糖果吃到嘴里的声音。
 
“她拿走了我们一路上铺的糖果!” 飞板璐说道,“现在那兽马肯定吃不到了。”
 
小萍花边喊边跳过了那山脊:“纠纠,住口!”纠纠抬起头来看到她们时吓了一跳。
 
她紧张地问道:“你们来这里干什么呢?”
 
小萍花喊道:“我们尝试在找一只兽马,但你把我们引诱它的诱饵吃掉了!”
 
纠纠看起来非常害怕,但她为什么会害怕她们呢?
 
“拜托!你们赶紧离开!”纠纠说道,“要不然就太晚了!”
 
飞板璐问道:“为何太晚了?”在她们上空的云层这时候散开了,满月的月光顿时照耀了整个峡谷。纠纠扭过头去,看起来她肚子痛得很厉害。
 
“你们这些家伙。。。”莉月边说边慢慢往后退。小小的叶子从纠纠的鬃毛中突然冒出,藤蔓缠绕着她的蹄子。
 
飞板璐:“哦不。。”
 
“嘿,没关系,纠纠”小萍花慢慢地边说边示意其它小马离开峡谷,“你可以留下那些糖果了。”
 
纠纠抬头朝着月亮狼嚎了起来,小马们迅速转身冲出了峡谷,但莉月忽然停了下来,她回头看了看正在变化的纠纠。
 
“撑住!”她边说边冲下了峡谷。
 
“莉月,小心!”甜贝儿喊了起来。
 
莉月一跃跳到了纠纠的旁边,此时纠纠身上已经长满了木头和苔藓,但她橙红色的尾巴仍然清晰可见。莉月张口咬下了一根毛发,冲过来跟其它小马会和。当她们冲出了峡谷后,甜贝儿回头看了一眼,纠纠的变化已经完成了。
 
他们已经找到了那只兽马,纠纠就是那只木精狼!
 
         
ps.此图为纠纠的木精狼形态(在书的背面有展示)
 
英文版:
 
“Are we sure this is the best plan?” Sweetie Belle asked as she walked over to the others. They were standing by the entrance to the Everfree Forest. She adjusted the knapsack on her back. They each wore one filled with candy. They had raided their emergency Nightmare Night supplies to make sure they had enough for the mission.
 
“We don’t have a choice. We only got one shot at this,” Apple Bloom said. She pulled Zecora’s potion out of her bag. “We go in, find the Timberwolf, and get it to drink this here potion!”
 
“Well, first, we have to figure out who the Timberwolf is,” Lilymoon reminded them. She opened her bag, one black hair and one pink hair visible inside. “Once we find out which one it is, we drop the hair in the potion…”
 
“And wait for it to turn pink,” Scootaloo finished. She reached into her bag and pulled out a buckball-size peppermint. “Once it does, we pour the potion on this. We know that whoever it is likes candy. This they won’t be able to pass up!”
 
Sweetie Belle was terrified, but she was determined to do what needed to be done. A pony’s life was at sake! Maybe Ambermoon, maybe Pinkie Pie. She would not be a scaredy-pony.
 
“You ready?” Apple Bloom asked. Sweetie Belle screamed and jumped.
 
“Yes. Sorry. I-I’m just a little nervous,” Sweetie Belle replied. The others looked at one another.
 
“Sweetie Belle, nopony will be upset if you don’t come,” Apple Bloom said gently.
 
Sweetie Belle took a deep breath. She could do this. “We have a pony to save! Let’s go, Crusaders.”
 
Apple Bloom smiled. They all hoof-bumped and marched into the Everfree Forest as the last rays of sunlight faded on the horizon.
 
Continuing deeper into the Forest, they left a trail of candy behind them. Whoever the Timberwolf was, the sugar would be too much to resist. After they had been at it a while, Sweetie Belle was starting to wonder if the plan was going to work at all.
 
Then she heard a noise.
 
“What was that?” Sweetie Belle asked nervously. The others stopped and listened, but there was nothing but the sound of the Forest.
 
“It’s just your imagination.” Scootaloo said. But a second later, it happened again. This time Lilymoon heard it, too.
 
“It sounds like…paper?” Lilymoon said. The ponies all quietly made their way through the Forest, following the noise. Above them, clouds blanketed the night sky, blocking the moonlight and making it hard to see. However, they could hear the rustling noise getting louder. Scootaloo motioned to the others and pointed toward a ravine up ahead. The fillies all crept closer. They poked their heads over a ridge and looked down to see what was making the noise. A shadowy figure was hunched over a large mound of something.
 
“Is that…Twist?” Sweetie Belle whispered. Below them in the ravine, Twist sat next to a pile of candy. The rustling they had heard was her unwrapping the candy before she popped in into her mouth.
 
“She took all our candy!” Scootaloo said. “Now the werepony will never get it!”
 
“Twist! Cut it out!” Apple Bloom yelled, jumped over the ridge. Twist looked up, shocked to see them.
 
“What are you guyth doing out here?!” she asked nervously.
 
“We are tryin’ to find a werepony. But you’re eatin’ all our bait!” Apple Bloom shouted.
 
Twist looked scared. But why would she be scared of them?
 
“Pleath! You all have to go!” Twist said. “Before ith too late!”
 
“Too late for what?” Scootaloo asked. Above them, the clouds parted, and the light of the full moon shone down on the ravine. Twist doubled over, like she had a really bad stomachache.
 
“You guys…” Lilymoon said, backing away slowly. Tiny leaves popped out of Twist mane. Vine wrapped around her hooves.
 
“Oh no…” Scootaloo said.
 
“Hey. It’s okay, Twist,” Apple Bloom said slowly as she motioned for them all to back out of the ravine. “Why don’t you keep the candy?”
 
Twist howled up at the moon. The fillies turned and rushed out of the ravine. But Lilymoon suddenly stopped. She looked back at Twist.
 
“Hang on!” she called. She rushed down as Twist continued her transformation.
 
“Lilymoon! Be careful!” Sweetie Belle yelled.
 
Lilymoon leaped down next to Twist, wood, and moss covered her body, but her orange tail was still visible. Lilymoon snagged a single hair in her teeth and rushed back to join the others. As they hurried out of the ravine, Sweetie Belle glanced back down. The transformation was complete.
 
They had found the werepony. Twist was the Timberwolf!