Danielle the Daisy Fairy

Danielle the Daisy Fairy

Danielle the Daisy Fairy
UK US Illustration

Race	Fairy
Gender	♀ Female
Series	Petal Fairies
Magical Item(s) / Animal(s)	The Daisy Petal
Symbol(s)	Daisies

Danielle the Daisy Fairy is the sixth fairy in the Petal Fairies series.

Fairy Profile from the Official RM Facebook Page[]

Danielle uses her magic daisy petal to grow all kinds of white blossoms. Her magic wand sends out silvery fairy dust. Danielle loves camping and exploring the great outdoors, where she can breathe the clean air that makes her feel as fresh as a daisy. Whenever she has to make up her mind, she pulls the petals on a daisy blossom to help her decide.

Blurb[]

Rachel and Kirsty are on holiday at Blossom Hall, but they're also on a special mission to help the Petal Fairies! Can they find Danielle the Daisy Fairy's magic petal before Jack Frost's nasty goblins track it down?

Appearance[]

Danielle has long blonde hair held back by a daisy-shaped clip and light coloured skin. She wears a bright yellow wrap-around top, a white skirt edged with pink, dark pink shoes, a beaded necklace and a daisy pendant. Her wings are round-edged and pink-tinted.

Symbol: Daisies.

Magic Object/Job[]

Magic Object: The Daisy Petal.

Job: Danielle's job is to protect all the daisies, especially wild daisies.

Story Summary[]

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The Walkers and the Tates have climbed a hill behind Blossom Village for a picnic and chosen a spot near a stream. After eating, Kirsty notices some silvery fairy dust rising above the trees just downstream and nudges Rachel, who distracts their parents by pointing out Leafley Village below them. The fairy dust spells out a message for the girls to follow it and Kirsty gets permission to go exploring with Rachel.

In the woods the girls find Danielle the Daisy Fairy, who greets them and warns them there are goblins in the woods who are after her magic daisy petal. One goblin is making a daisy chain with fresh, healthy daisies, indicating the petal must be nearby, soon the other goblins show up and begin fighting over the chain and who should look for the petal. After one goblin kicks at the pile of loose daisies, the girls and Danielle notice that flowers are blooming wherever he steps and they think that the petal must be stuck to his foot. Kirsty asks Danielle to turn her and Rachel into fairies so they can talk to the goblin out of his reach, then suggests the goblin lie down for a rest since he must be tired from searching. As the other goblins have disappeared among the trees, the lone goblin agrees and is soon asleep with his feet on a rock and his head on a pillow that Danielle made from the pile of daisies.

Just as the girls are about to grab the petal, the other goblins appear, noticing the fairies and the lazy goblin but not the petal. One goblin raises the ice wand that Jack Frost gave them to send hailstones at the rock, while the lazy goblin scrambles out of the way leaving the petal behind. Danielle is hit by a hailstone and knocked away from the rock, losing her wand in the process. The goblins can see the petal and the wand, but can’t reach them through the hail, while the girls might be big enough as humans for the hail not to hurt them, but Danielle can’t turn them back without her wand.

A short distance away, a girl who has noticed the three fairies offers to help, thrilled to meet a real fairy. She introduces herself as Rebecca Wilson and Danielle quickly explains what’s going on, cautioning her to keep the existence of fairies a secret. Soon, Rebecca is sheltering the three fairies with an umbrella she had in her backpack so Danielle can get her wand and her daisy petal, while the goblins try to come up with a spell that will get rid of the hailstorm. As soon as they do, Danielle turns the daisy pillow into a sturdy, magical daisy chain that ties up all the goblins in a group.

Once they’re a safe distance away, Danielle turns Rachel and Kirsty back into humans to Rebecca’s surprise and delight, then thanks all three girls before taking her petal to Fairyland. The girls thank Rebecca themselves before she returns to her own picnic. Back on the hillside, Rachel and Kirsty enjoy some muffins as their parents marvel at the blooming daisies they hadn’t noticed on the way up.

Trivia[]

It was stated in an 'interview' that Danielle is Daisy Meadows' favourite fairy because she was named after her friendly neighbour.
This is the only book to feature Rebecca Wilson and is the first time Rachel and Kirsty have revealed their secret to another human, the second time being Gracie and Khadijah in Hope the Welcome Fairy.
In the U.S version, Rebecca is drawn without Marie from The Aristocats. on her sweater, possibly due to copyright concerns.