Princess Iris

Princess Iris (a.k.a. Olesya) is the recurring character who appears in “The Whimsical World of Leopold”; she happens to be the adopted daughter/niece of the Fairy Sisters. and the biological daughter of Inna and Denis.

Appearance
Princess Iris is a beautiful mouse girl with lilac fur, strawberry blonde waist-length hair in loose curls, black nose and matching whiskers and amber eyes; she dons a pale yellow floor-length off-the-shoulder ballgown with a bardot neckline, ivory chiffon sleeves, a basque waistline, a gold bow on the rear, a luxuriously gathered taffeta skirt portion and a gold waistline trim; she also wears a flower crown made of creeping wood-sorrels in addition to a Bermuda buttercup-inspired jewelry consisting of drop earrings, necklace and bracelet, respectively.

Whenever she goes to bed, she dons a light gray gossamer nightgown with pink roses all over, a smocked empire waist, long balloon sleeves and an extremely flowy skirt portion that luxuriously billows around her ankles.

When she was a baby, she wore a pink blanket sleeper (with a diaper underneath) and matching hairbow.

When King Paxton kidnaps and hypnotizes her into being his “doll”, she dons a floor-length blue gown with a matching bow on the left side of the bodice, gold trims, long sleeves that are puffed up at the shoulders and flared from the elbows, a white underskirt and matching ruffles and a square neckline that exposes her collarbone; she also dons a large white hairbow in addition to a gold and sapphire jewelry collection consisting of a pair of chandelier earrings, a bib-like choker and a ring, respectively.

Personality
Princess Iris is a mischievous individual who lives to pull pranks on unsuspecting people.

However, despite her mischievous nature, she’s a very kind-hearted, sweet-natured, caring, graceful girl who’s willing to help those in need. She also has romantic feelings for Mitya, despite the latter dating Motya (which she doesn’t mind).

Like Ambrosia, she’s capable of casting spells that make people float for the time being; however, she’s also capable of casting temporary sleep spells on them, either by sprinkling a shimmering silver powder on them or by singing to them beautifully, depending on her sleep spells.

She rarely ever actually walks; instead, she’s often floating; whenever she actually walks instead, she actually glides elegantly. Also, whenever she floats, she does so very gracefully.

She also has a beautiful singing voice that can either put you into a deep trance or put you to sleep, depending on its magic.

Powers
Glamour: She can use this to change her appearance or shapeshift into a certain person for a short period of time. She also uses this to change certain outfits for a brief period of time.

Levitation Dust: She uses this shimmering gold powder to make someone float for a short period of time.

Sleep Dust: She uses this equally shimmering silver powder to send someone to sleep for a short period of time.

Levitation: She often floats to get around and does so very gracefully; she’s also capable of gliding very elegantly.

Song: She has this beautiful singing voice that would either put you into a deep trance or put you into a deep sleep, depending on her alluring lullaby.

In the fanfic
Princess Iris makes her debut in “Enter Princess Iris”, where Leopold and the mice enter the flower field where she lives in every spring and summer, respectively; she then immediately pulls pranks on Mitya, much to everyone’s amusement (including Leopold’s amusement). This leads Mitya to resent her until later that night when she reveals to him that her parents died in a car accident when she was a baby mouse and that Ambrosia and her sisters had to adopt her, raising her as one of their own; afterwards, Mitya develops a change of heart and consoles her, striking up a beautiful friendship between them. After she takes him to Leopold’s dacha, where she gently sprinkles some sleep dust on him in addition to singing him into a peaceful sleep; afterwards, she tenderly kisses him on the forehead prior to floating away back to the flower field.

She returns in “The Enchanted Friendship”, where, in addition to reuniting with Mitya, she befriends Motya, Nessa, Sasha, Misha, Selena, Ludmilla, Andrei and Sergei, respectively; afterwards, they decide to take an afternoon nap, during which she beautifully sings them all into a sleeping trance; after that, she gazes lovingly at them while they’re asleep for a brief period of time prior to falling asleep herself. A couple of hours later, they eventually wake up to Leopold having just discovered them in the flower field, after which he invites them all over to his dacha for dinner (which they accept). Afterwards, they enjoy a nice meal in addition to spending some quality time with Leopold until it’s eventually time for all of the mice (except Mitya, Motya and Ludmilla, who decide to spend the night at his dacha) to head home (or in Princess Iris’s case, float back to the flower field).

In “The Midsummer Evening’s Dream”, she gets bewitched by Tempest’s henchman named Pucky into falling in love with Mitya (who also got enchanted (and vice versa)), even though Motya and Selena managed to talk Tempest into undoing the spell, restoring Princess Iris and Mitya to normal.

In “Garik Gryaznov (fanfic)”, when she finds out that Garik Gryaznov forced Mitya and Motya to live in filth, she helps Leopold nurse them back to health with her medicinal nectar and after Leopold allows her to spend the night with him and the mice inside his newly-clean dacha, she sings a comforting lullaby and sends Mitya and Motya into a peaceful sleep prior to drifting off with Mitya in her arms.

In “The King of Greed”, she gets kidnapped by the greedy King Paxton, who hypnotizes her into being his obedient “doll” who would only sing for him; when she isn’t singing only for him, he props her up in a gilded chair and sends her into a sleep-like state, so she won’t be able to escape or even break free from his control. However, Mitya and Motya manage to save her in addition to defeating him as well as his henchmen; after they bring her back to the Flower Field. With the encouragement from Motya, Mitya kisses Princess Iris in the lips for ten seconds, breaking the spell over her and, thus, freeing her from her trance, instantly, after which she embraces him as well as Motya in gratitude.

Quotes
”You’ve just been pranked!” - (Enter Princess Iris, Ch. 2)

”When I was just a baby mouse, my parents were conservationists, even though I had only ever known them for six months. Then one day, we got into a car accident while my parents were trying to protect the fairies from some greedy real estate agent who just wanted to use the flower field for his land development. Although I survived afterwards, neither of them did. Then the four fairies found me and they didn’t want me to go to the orphanage, so they adopted me. They really raised me as their own and had even taught me how to be fairy myself. Also, they even put a spell on me that allows me to float, which I often use to get around. Then when I was old enough to leave their nest, that was when I moved to the oak tree in this field that’s my current home. Anyway, that’s my story.” - (Enter Princess Iris, Ch. 5)

”We shall enjoy the world of love and beauty, What else is more to see, Feel yourselves float away very slowly, Float away somewhere tranquil and serene, Forget all of the troubles in the world…” (The Enchanted Friendship, Ch. 3, while she’s singing her friends to sleep)

”Sleep well, my sweet prince.” (The Enchanted Friendship, Ch. 3, before she kisses the sleeping Mitya on the back of his hand)

Trivia
Princess Iris’s gown may be inspired by Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

Her backstory may be inspired by Koko (Al) from Pokémon: Secrets of the Jungle Forest.

Her wonderful singing voice is inspired by Altaria from the Pokémon series.

Her floaty movements are inspired by Rosalina from the Super Mario Bros. series (most notably the Super Mario Galaxy duology).