When Alex and Conner try to gather the magical items they need to make the Wishing Spell work, one "ingredient" is a fairy's tears. "...teardrops of a maiden fairy feeling neither magical nor merry." When they reach the Fairy Kingdom, they are in luck and happen upon a fairy in distress. Trix is a fairy from the Fairy Kingdom, up for trial for using magic on another fairy. She was being teased for her size and turned the other fairy's wings into prune leaves. Alex and Conner collect one of her tears, but also defend her case against the Fairy Council.