It starts when Alexandria, an orphaned goose girl, offers some of her precious bread and water to a hungry old woman. The woman just happens to be a witch in disguise, and poof. Alexandria is suddenly heartstoppingly beautiful. When she brushes her hair, gold dust showers to the ground and her tears turn to diamonds. Now that she's so beautiful and wealthy, King Claudio the Cruel and Prince Edmund of Dorloo are fighting for her hand and have locked her in a tower to keep her safe.