Mother Dove

Mother Dove is a character seen in the Disney Fairies books, especially Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg. She is a magical creature and the closest thing to pure goodness in Never Land. She makes her nest in a hawthorn tree at the edge of Pixie Hollow. It was at the base of this tree that the fairies first found her, drawn by her goodness. Mother Dove restored magic to Never Land and brought life back to Pixie Hollow. Mother Dove was once a bird like any other. Then a terrible fire swept Never Land, burning everything in its path. Sitting in her hawthorn tree, Mother Dove burned along with the rest of the island, but she was not hurt. Instead, she was transformed into a magical creature invested with great knowledge. She taught the fairies anew way of making pixie dust by grinding the magical feathers she shed each year at molting time. Mother Dove knows each of the fairies by name, and she loves every one of them. They often come to her for guidance. But the fairies aren't the only ones who rely on Mother Dove. It is Mother Dove's egg that holds the secret to all of Never Land. Day in and day out she sits on it, making sure it comes to no harm, for as long as her egg stays well and whole, no creature in Never Land will ever grow old.