![]() ![]() Erika continues running until she is caught by another guard. After opening the cell door, she runs, which wakes the guard. She uses it to get the keys from the guard. She sings, lulling the man guarding her to sleep, and she makes a hook out of hay and her hairpin. On the day of the wedding of Queen Genevieve and Preminger, Erika decides she has to escape. In the dungeon, Erika sings sadly, mourning her situation and lost friend. Erika tries to tell the truth, but no one believes her and she is thrown in the dungeon. Preminger's dog Midas pulls off Erika's wig. Reluctantly, the queen checks Erika's shoulder, finding no royal birthmark. He goes on to say that he tried to rescue Anneliese but Erika and Julian had already caused a mine collapse, killing Anneliese and leaving only her ring, which Preminger shows the queen. Preminger lies to the queen, telling her that Erika and Julian hid Anneliese in the royal mine so that Erika could marry Dominick and take over the kingdom. Dominick gives her a beautiful diamond ring, and they lean in to kiss, but then Preminger arrives with some guards, ordering them to seize Erika, revealing she is a pauper and not the princess. ![]() The night before the intended wedding, Erika is stressed. After Dominick calls Erika "honest", she breaks down, telling Wolfie that she is falling in love with him. She does, and over the next few days, they get to know each other better and fall in love. When Erika and Dominick meet, Dominick has already been enchanted by her voice and asks her to sing with him. That night, Erika panics over Julian's continued absence when Preminger arrives to escort her to meet King Dominick. He opens her bedroom door and hears Erika singing from the princess's bathroom. King Dominick, disguised as a page, decides to tell the princess that he disguised himself as a page. ![]() Unknown to Erika, Julian is captured in an attempt to find Anneliese, and Anneliese escapes and makes her way to the palace but is turned away, since the guards believe Erika is the real princess. Erika apologizes to Queen Genevieve for running away, which was the story told by Preminger, causing him suspicion since she didn't say she'd been captured. Ambassador Bismark of Dulcinea is about to call off the wedding when Julian presents the now-disguised Erika to the assembled party. Julian takes Erika and Wolfie to the castle, where he gives Erika a blonde wig and teaches her how to act like a princess. Erika initially refuses, not wanting to be imprisoned or worse for such a crime, but decides to do it in order to save her friend. He asks her to masquerade as Anneliese until he can find the real princess. Erika believes the princess sent for her to sing at the castle, but Julian informs her that Anneliese is missing and that he suspects the queen's advisor Preminger has taken her so that her wedding to King Dominick will be cancelled. The next day, Julian appears at Erika's workplace. After they find the cats, Anneliese's tutor Julian tells her they should be getting back to the castle, and Anneliese promises to have Erika sing at the palace one day. Wolfie runs after the dog, and Erika and Anneliese start looking for their cats. Anneliese also shows Erika her crown-shaped birthmark, which Erika does not have.Ī dog suddenly appears and starts chasing Anneliese's cat, Serafina. Erika tells Anneliese about her life at Madame Carp's, revealing she made Anneliese's favorite dress, and she learns that Anneliese is to be married to King Dominick of Dulcinea in order to save the bankrupt kingdom. The two take off their hoods and are amazed at how much they look alike. She reveals that her mother taught her the song when Anneliese praises it. Suddenly, Madame Carp appears, confiscates Erika's earnings, and orders her to get back to work.Įrika is surprised by Anneliese putting money in her collection cup. Her singing catches Princess Anneliese's attention, and Anneliese walks over to hear Erika sing. One day, Erika is out singing in the town square while her cat Wolfie collects the money she is earning from singing. Erika does not give up hope and works hard to gain her freedom. However, Madame Carp keeps adding extra "interest" so that Erika will have to work for her forever. Erika is unhappy with the work she has to do, wanting instead to become a singer. Her parents love her very much but they are very poor and unable to take care of her, so they borrow a lot of money from Madame Carp in order to do this.Įrika is made to work as one of Madame Carp's seamstresses in order to pay off the debt her parents owed. She and Princess Anneliese are born at the very same moment. Erika is born in a kingdom on the top of a mountain. ![]()
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