"12 Princesses" is based on the Grimms' Fairytale "The 12 Dancing Princesses".
A young farmboy named Yannick is desperate to make something of himself. He's been relegated to feeding the animals on the farm, but he's always trying (and failing) to prove himself capable of more. Finally, when he harvests a field before it's ripe, the Farmer tells him to leave.
As he wanders on his way, he comes across a party at a village tavern. There, he meets December, the youngest of the famed 12 Princesses of the kingdom, though he doesn't realize she's a princess. When the Palace Guards show up to force the girls home, however, Yannick runs off with December into the forest, thinking he's rescuing her.
In the forest, the two run into an Old Woman who offers them a magical flower called Fairy's Breath. The flower opens a doorway to a Fairy World when you pluck a petal and speak the charm. But before December can finish the charm, the Palace Guards find them and capture Yannick.
Furious and fearful for their safety, the King decides to lock the Princesses in their bedroom from that night forward.
Meanwhile, in the Fairy World, we discover that the Old Woman from the forest is actually the Bad Fairy. She and the other fairies were banished from the kingdom by the King when he blamed them for the death of the Queen. Since then, they've been giving Fairy's Breath to lonely travelers in the forest and bringing them into the Fairy World. When they use the last petal of the flower, they are trapped forever, dancing in the Fairy World. The Bad Fairy realizes she can now trap all of the King's daughters since they now have the Fairy's Breath.
Back at the palace, Yannick awakes in the dungeon and meets a hapless Fairy named Franc whose been trapped in one of the King's Fairy Traps. When Yannick mentions "true love", Franc goes into an involuntary trance and prophesies about the Fairy's Breath and December. She then escapes from the Trap leaving Yannick behind.
Meanwhile, the Princesses lament their newfound captivity. But when December shows them the Fairy's Breath she got from the Old Woman, they speak the charm, opening the doorway. The Bad Fairy is there to greet them. They go with her into the Fairy World. Her gnome sidekick Iggy is told to stay behind and make sure the King knows nothing.
The next morning, Yannick is taken to meet Bob, the Palace Gardener. He needs a new flower boy, so the prisoner is tapped for the post. His job is to bring carnations to the Princesses bedchamber each day. But, when he sees some beautiful roses growing in a hidden garden, he decides those are more suitable for the Princesses and takes them instead. When he does so, January (the oldest Princess) freaks out, threatening to have him locked up forever. But December, recognizing Yannick, takes the blame. When Yannick sees December, he realizes she's one of the Princesses. She sneaks a petal from the Fairy's Breath into his hand.
Bob scolds Yannick for not following directions and Yannick feels stupid for having tried to rescue a Princess from her own Guards. He can't do anything right. Franc shows up, and Yannick tries to get information from her about her prophecy, but she doesn't remember giving it. Bob tells Yannick that January has forbidden roses at the palace since the Queen's death, as they were her favorite flower.
Meanwhile, the head of the household staff, Margaret, shows the King what she discovered that morning: all 12 Princesses' shoes are completely worn through. Iggy follows her into the King's office and hide himself in the King's Lawn Gnome collection.
The Palace Staff all gossip about the Princesses's shoes and Sir Doyle, a foppish self-loving gentleman, is brought in to discover the girls' secret. Iggy drugs his drink, however, and he falls fast asleep as the Princesses' go into the Fairy World again.
Yannick goes into the Fairy World as well, using the petal December gave him in the Bedchamber.
In the Fairy World, Yannick discovers a perpetual dance party at the Fairy Palace. There's a large lake leading to the Palace and Giants carry them across to the party. Yannick, however, takes a boat so as not to be seen. As the party progresses, he accidentally drops a roof tile next to the Bad Fairy and she sees him. She sends the Giants after him, but he narrowly escapes back into the World above.
The next morning, Yannick tells Bob and Franc that he knows where the Princesses are going. He tells them about the Fairy's Breath and Franc gets angry, telling him humans aren't supposed to know about it. It's against the Fairy Code. But seeing the Princesses so happy has given him an idea.
As the Princesses get ready for the day, they look out the window and see the Palace Gardens covered in roses. The King sees this too and they are all moved. Yannick is starting to bring some happiness back to the kingdom.
That night, Yannick goes back into the Fairy World with another petal December gave him. They secretly meet there while the others dance away. But the Bad Fairy sees them together.
The next day Yannick announces to Bob and Franc that he's going to escape from the Palace with Princess December. There are only two petals left on the Fairy's Breath and he's going to use one and the Princesses will use the last one. The mention of the "last petal" makes Franc nervous. There's something about the last petal that she can't remember. Bob insists that Yannick's idea is terrible. He's just started to make things better and if he leaves with the Princess, things will be worse than before. But Yannick insists. They try to convince him to stay with a song and dance number, but he slips away.
As he blows off steam outside the Palace Walls, Yannick overhears the Bad Fairy talking to Iggy about the last petal. This makes him nervous and he runs to warn the Princesses, but he's caught in what looks like a Fairy Trap. But it's actually been set by the Bad Fairy to catch him. She tells him he's welcome to dance with them any night of course--except tonight. And she leaves him there.
Lamenting his situation, Yannick once again mentions "true love", accidentally summoning Franc who, once again, unknowingly prophesies, this time about how the last petal will trap the Princesses forever. Still in her trance, Franc magically opens the Bad Fairy's trap and Yannick escapes, telling Franc to bring help to the Fairy World.
Back in the Bedchamber, the Princesses speak the charm using what they (and the Bad Fairy) believe is the last petal. But when they do so, the doorway opens, and nothing else happens. The Bad Fairy is confused until Yannick shows up with Bob and shows them that he still has a petal, which is now the last petal. Furious, the Bad Fairy drops another trap over the 12 Princesses, telling Yannick "there's more than one way to trap a Princess" and she takes the girls into the Fairy World with her, closing the doorway.
Yannick decides to use the last petal to go after them, but Bob tells him he can't because then he'll be trapped and useless. Seeing Yannick so distressed, Bob speaks the charm himself, bringing the curse upon himself, but opening the doorway again, taking them both into the Fairy World.
Meanwhile, Franc has gone to the King for help. There Iggy breaks his cover trying to convince the King that Franc is lying, but Franc prevails.
In the Fairy World, the Princesses are trapped, Bob is under the dancing curse and Yannick is looking for a plan when he's discovered again by the Bad Fairy. Just in time, however, Franc and the King arrive with the Palace Guards and an army of enchanted Lawn Gnomes. A battle ensues. In the end, good prevails and the Bad Fairy is accidentally crushed by one of her Giants. The King offers Yannick all that he has, but, Yannick tells him, "I think I've already found everything I was looking for."
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