Fairy princesses. Sugar-sweet, and pretty in pink? Not this one. Notoriously punky Princess Viola is drawn to strange and uncanny haunts. Places where toxic toadstools and hexing henbane grow. Places where not even one of her twelve older sisters would dare to visit.

The thirteenth princess (who prefers to be known as Vio X) never wanders alone on her eerie adventures. She is always escorted by Echo, fluttering and looping on dazzling amethyst wings. Echo may look delicate, but his courage is considerable for so small a creature. He accompanies Vio down dark and twisted paths, and then guides her safely home when their mischief is over.

Echo is spellbound by the skulls on Vio’s wings, and would follow her to the world’s end. He also knows a surprising secret; spirited Vio is actually sweeter than any princess in pink.