When her father marries for the second time, Cinderella finds herself banished to the kitchen, to live as a maid, by her new, wicked step-mother. When the king's son gives a ball, everyone in the household gets to go except Cinderella. Luckily, her godmother arrives just in time to conjure up a dress and carriage to bring the young girl to the ball. The godmother warns her to be back before midnight, when the spell wibreak. But when Cinderella meets the prince, she quickly forgets the warning.