The everyday challenges of fourteen-year-old girl, Carla can be complicated with fitting in at school, wearing the right clothing, her growing body, failing math and geography, and the loss of her father, but Carla's new challenge is dealing with the pixie that is living in her pinata.
The pixie is dealing with troubles of his own. He's hunted by the vicious Guthag's that wait in the grasslands behind Carla's house. There are three Flora Guardians that protect the pixie, but when Carla's sister removes the earrings from the Flora Guardians' branches, the Guthag's invade.