▁trees ▁with ▁g low ing ▁flowers , ▁sc aring ▁off ▁the ▁light - f ear ing ▁ske ez ites . ▁Mar ip osa ▁and ▁her ▁best ▁friend , ▁W illa , ▁work ▁as ▁lady ' s ▁ma ids ▁to ▁spo iled ▁tw ins ▁Ray na ▁and ▁Ray la , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁hope ▁to ▁w oo ▁Prince ▁Carlos ▁at ▁the ▁party ▁that ▁night . ▁While ▁everyone ▁else ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁palace , ▁Mar ip osa , ▁opts ▁to ▁read ▁outside ▁instead ▁where ▁she ▁b umps ▁into ▁Prince ▁Carlos ; ▁the ▁two ▁bond ▁over ▁their ▁favorite ▁books ▁and ▁their ▁curiosity ▁about ▁the ▁outside ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁Carlos ▁s ne aks ▁into ▁Mar ip osa ' s ▁house ▁and ▁tells ▁her ▁that ▁the ▁Queen ▁is ▁dying ▁from ▁I li os ▁poison ing , ▁without ▁her ▁the ▁Fl utter field ▁lights ▁will ▁go ▁out , ▁putting ▁everyone ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁the ▁ske ez ites . ▁Carlos ▁hands ▁Mar ip osa ▁a ▁map ▁that ▁will ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁I li os ▁ant id ote . ▁Mar ip osa ▁inform s ▁Ray na ▁and ▁Ray la , ▁who ▁ins ist ▁on ▁leading ▁the ▁journey ▁themselves ▁with ▁hopes ▁of ▁being ▁reward ed ▁with ▁the ▁Prince ' s ▁hand . ▁The ▁tri o ▁fly ▁across ▁the ▁lake ▁surrounding ▁Fl utter field ▁and ▁arrive ▁on ▁the ▁opposite ▁shore ▁by ▁night fall ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁ch ased ▁by ▁ske ez ites , ▁losing ▁the ▁map ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁Gu ided ▁instead ▁by ▁Mar ip osa ' s