The fairies arrive at the christening of King Stefan and Queen Leah's newborn daughter, Princess Aurora. They tell Stefan and Leah that each of them will give a gift to the infant, the first two being beauty from Flora and song from Fauna. As Merryweather is about to give her gift, the evil fairy Maleficent arrives, angered over not being invited to the christening, to which Merryweather replies that she is "not wanted". Before leaving, Maleficent curses Aurora to die on her sixteenth birthday after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle. However, Merryweather uses her gift to alter the curse so Aurora will fall into a deep sleep rather than dying and be awakened by true love's kiss.
The fairies plot against Maleficent, since they are not convinced that Stefan and Leah's response to the curse - destroying ever spinning wheel in the kingdom - will be enough to stop her. They take Aurora into their custody with her parents' consent, ban themselves from using magic, and disguise themselves as human peasants. On Aurora's sixteenth birthday, Merryweather and Flora argue over the color of Aurora's dress. After Aurora returns from picking berries, she tells the fairies that in the forest, she met a gentleman for whom she has fallen. They reveal her true heritage as a princess and that she has been betrothed to Prince Phillip since her christening. However, the fairies do not know that the gentleman is Phillip and forbid Aurora from seeing him again.
The fairies later take Aurora to a room in the castle, conjure a crown for her to wear as a princess, then leave her alone to give her time to recover. Despite the fairies' efforts, Maleficent hypnotizes Aurora and conjures a spinning wheel that she pricks herself on, fulfilling the curse. The fairies place the sleeping Aurora on a bed in the topmost tower and put all of the kingdom's citizens to sleep until Aurora awakens. While falling asleep, King Hubert tries to tell Stefan of his son being in love with a peasant maiden, which makes Flora realize that Phillip is the man Aurora has fallen in love with and the one fated to break the curse and save the kingdom. The fairies rescue Phillip from Maleficent's stronghold and give him the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue, which he uses to kill Maleficent. The fairies lead Phillip to the tower room, where he awakens Aurora and the kingdom with true love's kiss. Afterward, they watch Aurora reunite with her parents and dance with Phillip.
Other appearances
Film
The fairies appear in Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams during the "Keys to the Kingdom" segment. As King Stefan, Queen Leah, King Hubert and Prince Phillip leave the kingdom for a Royal Conference; Aurora is left in charge of the kingdom, with the castle majordomo, Lord Duke, as her assistant. The fairies offer to help her, but Aurora declines; however, Aurora later asks the fairies to deliver Hubert his speech which he has forgotten at the castle. Before leaving with Flora and Fauna, Merryweather still is worried about Aurora and she gives her wand to the princess in case she needs any assistance and warns her to be very careful with it. The fairies manage to deliver the speech in time, and are about to return when Merryweather reveals she had lent her wand to Aurora when she was not supposed to do so. The fairies appear at the end of the segment and take part of the welcome-back meal by Aurora, along with Phillip, Stefan, Leah, Hubert, and Lord Duke. [2]
They were also among the Disney characters to appear at the end of The Lion King 1½ . They are in the last shown crowd before Timon and Pumbaa start the movie again sitting between Terk (from Tarzan ) and Br'er Bear (from Song of the South ).
Video games
The three good fairies appear as supporting characters in the Kingdom Hearts series of video games. They first appear in Kingdom Hearts II at Yen Sid's tower, giving Sora his new outfit after he wakes from his year-long sleep, as well as the Star Seeker Keyblade and the ability to use Drive, and later witness Maleficent's return to power. At first, they all argue over what color Sora's new outfit should be, until agreeing to zap it all at the same time, creating a black outfit with colorful highlights all over. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep , the fairies appear in their homeworld Enchanted Dominion, talking with Ventus about Aurora and Phillip and later assisting him in his battle against Maleficent. They also appear at the end of Aqua and Phillip's battle against Maleficent in her dragon form, again blessing Phillip's sword as he throws it into Maleficent's heart. Unlike the original film, the attack does not kill Maleficent.
The three appear as playable characters in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms , having a supporting role during the game's main storyline. [5]
