The law of the land says that Prince Siegfried must choose a bride by the end of his twenty-first birthday, but the princesses assembled by the queen and Lord Chamberlain just won’t do! So Siegfried escapes later that evening for a quick hunting expedition into the woods, where he nearly shoots at what turns out to be his one true love, Odette. Unfortunately for her and Siegfried, Odette is under the spell of evil sorcerer Von Rothbart and is doomed to spend her days as a swan, taking her human form only at night.