The town of Gavaldon froze in anticipation. This night a mysterious kidnapper will appear here, he will choose two teenagers and take them to the school of Good and Evil. One of them will be beautiful and kind, and the second will be unsightly and unsociable. And then the missing children will show up... on the pages of fairy tales. It sounds incredible, but this is exactly what has been happening every four years for two hundred years. And the beautiful Sophie is determined to become one of those who will be kidnapped today. She considers herself a real princess and dreams of marrying a fairy-tale prince. But her best friend, the gloomy, unsociable Agatha, is not at all eager to enter the magical world. But what will happen soon will surprise both Sophie and Agatha...