The wager

In this episode the wager appears as a bet already in play, on which the fey are taking bets. A small fey with dragonfly wings asks Chirp whether she will place a bet against herself in the wager, and gives the odds as 11 to 1 CFF E9·01:25:12 CFF E9·01:25:15 CFF E9·01:25:34. Chirp bets 5,000 eggs, and the fey says it is a fey bargain with an insignia, and pink feathers spring up around Chirp's wrist CFF E9·01:26:17 CFF E9·01:26:40 CFF E9·01:26:54.

In the first episode Rue proposes a wager open to everyone at the Bloom: if Chirp and Squak behave at their best and find a suitable match they will be rewarded, and the reward is not named CFF E1·01:42:26 CFF E1·01:43:13 CFF E1·01:43:31. If they fail, the winner is "The entire fairy court" CFF E1·01:44:36. They agree and link hands over two gilt contract scrolls CFF E1·01:44:55 CFF E1·01:45:19 CFF E1·01:45:36. In the second episode Rue spells out that both must have worthy suitors by the end of the Bloom CFF E2·01:10:09, where "love is valid, love is true, and love is reciprocated" CFF E2·01:10:23 without glamors or any magic CFF E2·01:10:30. In the third Hob tells the Trickster Court the wager is generous and that fame might be enriched by the cousins' failure CFF E3·01:30:33.

In the seventh episode Chirp proposes to "short the wager on us" CFF E7·00:36:45 by betting against themselves so they make money when they fail CFF E7·00:36:50. She later notes nothing in the wager forbids it CFF E7·00:57:02. In the eighth Rue tells the Chorus that if the cousins lose they lose a lot of money, and if they win Rue would offer one of them the position of Master of Ceremony for the next Bloom CFF E8·01:10:39 CFF E8·01:11:06. In the ninth episode a Trickster Court fey bookmaker takes Chirp's bet against herself, 5,000 eggs at odds of 11 to 1, sealed as a fey bargain CFF E9·01:25:34 CFF E9·01:26:17 CFF E9·01:26:40 CFF E9·01:27:06. In the finale, as Squak talks to Jeremy Renner, Chirp tells him "You can't fall in love!" and "Or we'll lose the wager!" CFF E10·00:52:42 CFF E10·00:52:46 After Renner leaves, Squak says "Oh, thank god he's gone. Otherwise, I would have lost the wager." and "We would not be getting those eggs." CFF E10·00:54:12 CFF E10·00:54:16 Chirp answers "I saw that coming. Quick, get wasted.", and the finale does not state who won CFF E10·00:54:19.