When a royal kiss fails to wake the sleeping beauty in the forest, young Prince Cedric figures a knife to the throat should do the trick. Lucky for Ariel, she awakens from her long slumber just in time to avoid a funeral at the age of 1000. Unlucky for her, she has now become the object of the twisted prince’s obsession. Though she manages to banish him from the forest for a decade, Cedric finds his way back stronger than ever as the emperor. After setting her home ablaze, he has just one thing in mind: “Let’s get married, Ariel.”