While Sofia and Prince Hugo are out with the Princely Adventure Club to see Miss Nettle, Hugo's royal gardener is asked to kill the weeds, but he also accidentally kills the grass in the garden! King Garrick says they'll go back to Miss Nettle's greenhouse and ask if she has anything to grow back the grass. But Amber has other plans: she wants to help Hugo by using a manure to make the grass grow faster. King Roland says no because Amber doesn't know how this manure works. Amber disobeys him and uses the manure on the garden anyway. But the manure makes the grass grow really tall!
For centuries, the royal family of Aridia has hosted The Choice, the competition where the eligible daughters of the Nobles of Aridia, come together to vie for the hand of the heir to the throne. This year, Prince Carlos is the heir to the throne and is in need of a suitable wife. As well as the Kingdom of Aridia, which is in need of the entertainment and excitement that comes along with The Choice.
Lady Madeline Prowess is...not a lady. She enjoys climbing trees, riding on her wild horse and definitely doesn't resemble the ladies that she's supposed to compete against- with her lack of curves and unruly hair. She surely doesn't want to slave away in front of a prince she doesn't care about. But, The Choice isn't what Madeline thinks it is. The palace is full of lies, deceit, betrayal and sabotage as each girl tries to win the hand of the ice cold Prince.