Intro. While still children, Prince Derek and Princess Odette were betrothed and had to spend every summer together because their widowed parents hoped that their children would eventually fall in love and get married. Thus, the two kingdoms will finally unite. While Derek and Odette were little, they did not like each other at all, but as they grew up, the young prince and princess still fell in love with each other. However, it happens that Odette is offended by Derek and decides that she will become his wife only if Derek proves that he loves her for who she is and not for her beauty alone. At the same time, the dark lord and former chancellor of King William (Odette's father), Lord Rothbart, who was once expelled from the kingdom for his dark deeds using the forbidden arts of magic, conceives an insidious plan to seize power: instead of conquering the kingdom by force, become king by legally marrying the heiress. The vengeful Rothbart kills King William and kidnaps young Odette by placing a spell on her...