Dani Kim

Not Part of Riordanverse The following article/section is from the Winston Chu continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon.

Dani Kim
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Age	12-14
Family	Alice (mother) Chef Kim (aunt)
Residence	Austin, Texas (birthplace) San Francisco, California
Item	Cello Cocktail umbrella
Status	Alive
Physical description
Eye	Dark
Hair	Dark
Species	Half-Human/Half-Magpie
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies Winston Chu Versus the Wingmeisters

“	I just moved here from Austin, Texas. I like to bake with my aunt, and I’ve been playing cello since I was four. Once, I performed a concerto with the Austin Symphony in front of three thousand people.	”
–Dani introducing herself to her home room class in Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies.

Dani Kim is a musician prodigy and a classmate and current girlfriend of Winston Chu.

History

Dani was born in Austin, Texas and started playing cello at the age of four. After her first cello was destroyed in a flood, she was given a cocktail umbrella that was said to chase away rain. Since then she has not experienced any bad luck during rainstorms.

Winston Chu Duology

Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies

Dani comes out of the San Francisco Cooking Academy as her aunt leaves and give Winston Chu and Maverick McFee a quick look before following her aunt down the street.

A few days later, during the first day of school, Dani introduces herself to the class. After Winston lies and says he plays the ukulele, she the teacher suggests he and Dani have a contest. After class, he tries to tell the truth to Dani, but fails. She gives him a business card with her address and contact information and tells him to come over.

The following day, she speaks with Yasmine as Mr. Bottoms class ends and asks Winston if he wants to practice their duet after school. He says he cannot as he injured his head lifting weights. A few days later, Mr. Bottoms announces Winston and Dani will perform live on San Francisco's Got Talent, much to Dani's delight and Winston's horror. The following day she invites Winston to watch her perform at Golden Gate Park, however he rejects her, hurting her.

She plays with the Kronos Quartet, unknown that Winston is watching from afar. The following day, she is at the Cooking Academy when she runs into Winston and his mom. After Winston’s mother leaves, Dani asks him if really hurt himself, he says no and confesses he has no musical talent, but says he heard her play, pleasing Dani. Winston asks Dani where her aunt got the umbrella and Dani reveals she thinks it has magical properties just as her aunt comes. They ask Chef Kim where she got the umbrella, but she claims to not remember, which Winston and Dani do not believe. Chef Kim then leaves without answering more questions.

The following day, after Winston admits he lied about playing the ukulele to the class, she offers to teach him. That night, as she is playing the cello in her room, Winston, Mav, Bijal, and Cassa Kowalski appear outside her bedroom window and ask for her cocktail umbrella. After saying it only works for her, Dani climbs on Winston's piñata and they set out. After seeing the furry ukulele Winston has, he tells Dani it makes those listening have a change of heart and he requests to play it. Winston hands it over as Mav forms a plan to have Dani play the ukulele to change Mr. Pang's mind and get him to return Coco to her body. They find him over Oakland and see him piloting a pool chair pulling the canoe. As they look closer, they see Coco in Chang-Ah-Ling. Winston and her ride in closer to Mr. Pang, who is wearing the kick-me boots, as his friends fan out. Dani starts playing the ukulele, but it has no effect on Mr. Pang. Mr. Pang reveals that he is using the qi of the full moon to banish his brother, Mirth, to the heavens by permanently transforming him into a magpie. As Mr. Pang describes his brother, Winston realizes he is describing Mr. Gu. Mr. Pang explains that Mr. Gu has created problems for the city only to look like a hero by “fixing” them. He also reveals that his brother sold Dani's Aunt her umbrella and he started events that lead to Winston would arrive at his store. Soon, Mav, Cassa, and Bijal move in to grab Coco, but Mr Pang fends them off. Mr. Pang grabs the doll and threatens to release her spirit, which will vanish as her original body is to far away. Winston begs Mr. Pang not to as his friends fight off the kick-me boots. One boot comes over to Winston and Dani, but their unicorn impales it. Mav tries to spray Mr. Pang with a fire extinguisher, but it is empty. Winston grabs Coco and tosses her to his friends as Mr. Pang starts to harness the moon qi. Winston takes the Pikachu out of his pocket. Winston syphons the qi as the piñata he and Dani are on disintegrates. Winston orders Bijal, who has Coco, to go to his house. Through word play, Winston signals to Cassa to use the fishing pole with teeth to grab the oar from Mr. Pang as he pretends to accept defeat. She does and, not long after, Mr. Pang erupts in a cloud of smoke and sinks into the bay.

Bijal and Mav try to save Winston and Dani, but they fail as their unicorn piñata’s get wet. Winston scolds Bijal for not getting Coco home, but he says he could not make it without Dani's umbrella. Eventually Cassa's piñata falls apart and everyone is drifting into the bay. As they say their regrets, Mav sees something large below the surface. Winston hears his name and realizes it is his fish Lucky. As the five stare at the giant goldfish in disbelief, they quickly shake off the shock and climb on. As Lucky heads to shore, the teenagers theorize that Mr. Pang got Lucky to grow by using a bead that grows in water. As Winston questions why Mr. Pang was sending him his things back, Mav calls his brother to pick them up. Once they reach the pier, Winston says goodbye to Lucky as he swims out to see. Monroe meets them at the pier and drives them home. After dropping off Bijal and Cassa, Winston walks Dani to her backyard and they question why her aunt would work with Mr. Pang. Before climbing a tree to her bedroom, she kisses Winston on the check.

Appearance

Dani is a girl in her pre or early teen years of Korean descent with long dark hair and dark eyes. She tends to dress up for holidays and events.

Personality

Dani is friendly and non-judgemental.

Trivia

• Dani has business cards with her name, address, contact information, and social media handles.