Character Analysis
The fairy that Seth captures "had fiery red hair and iridescent dragonfly wings" (7.135). She's not happy about being stuck in a jar, but as nighttime approaches, she becomes frantic about trying to get out: "Her tiny hands were splayed against the wall of the jar, and she looked up at him desperately. She chirped something in a twittering language, motioning for him to open the lid" (7.164). But Seth doesn't let the fairy go, and the next morning he finds her unpleasantly transformed:
A hideous little creature glared up from inside the jar. Baring pointy teeth, it hissed at him. Covered in brown, leathery skin, it stood taller than his middle finger. It was bald, with tattered ears, a narrow chest, a pot belly, and shriveled, spindly limbs. The lips were froglike, the eyes a glossy black, the nose a pair of slits above the mouth. (8.19)
Gross, right? But wait—it gets even more disturbing: "It had a pair of nubs above the bony shoulder blades. The nubs wiggled like the remnants of amputated wings" (8.21). Yikes.
The former fairy, now an imp, escapes—but Seth sees her again when Muriel captures them all, and luckily, during the battle, another fairy transforms her back into a fairy by kissing her. Then the fairy, "shaking a scolding finger at Seth" (18.79), releases him and disenchants him. It seems this is one fairy, at least, who's capable of forgiveness.