Firiel Dee is given her mother's necklace by her childhood friend, Rumpelstiltskin (Roux). The necklace was meant as a birthday gift from her remote father, the astrologer Gideon Dee. All fifteen year olds are welcome to attend a public ball at the royal Roland castle in honor of the Queen's Birthday, and Firiel decides to wear her new necklace to the celebration. When it is recognized as a missing talisman of the royal family, this leads to the revelation that Firiel is the daughter of royalty and automatically in competition to become the next Queen. In the meantime, Eusis Roland, brother of Firiel's friend and a prince of the Roland family, asks for her hand in marriage, but Firiel has a hard time letting go of a childhood love. She eventually has to make a decision between love and a simple life and the severe demands of gaining the throne.