Sofia turned to Belle. "Belle, your kingdom is next."
Belle grinned. "Wonderful!" she said. She jumped into the portal.
Belle shot out of the portal and slammed into the cave wall. She shook her head and frowned, remembering that she had been lost in the cave when she'd found the portal.
All the other princesses shot out of the portal, slamming into Belle. Belle cried, "Ouch!"
"Sorry," fifteen princesses said.
Sofia said, "The jewel in this kingdom is yellow."
"Sorry to break it to you," Belle said, "but we're lost."
"What?" Elena cried.
"I was reading and I got lost in this cave," Belle explained. "Then I found the portal."
"Is that your book?" Anna asked, pointing to a book on the ground."
"Yes!" cried Belle.
Anna picked up the book. "Wayfinding for Dummies," she read.
Moana crossed her arms indignantly. "Wayfinders are not dummies!" she cried.
"That isn't what it means," explained Belle. "The "Dummies" part means that the book is written in a way dummies are able to understand."
"Oh," Moana said. Then she realized something. "I'm a wayfinder," Moana said. "Do you think I could get us out of here?"
Meanwhile, Rapunzel was singing. "Flower, gleam and glow, let your power shine…" she started.
"Rapunzel, that's not going to work," Sofia said. "You don't have powers anymore."
"I know…" Rapunzel said. "Just maybe…"
Elsa lifted her hand and made a few snowflakes. "My ice magic sort of glows," she said. "We can use it for light."
Belle was reading the book. "I found something," she said.
Merida ran toward a faint light. Then she went back to the other princesses. "Nope, that isn't the exit."
Cinderella was leaning down, looking at some rats. "Could you tell me the way out?" she asked.
The rats nodded.
"Follow me," Cinderella said.
All the princesses followed Cinderella, who was following the rats. Soon, the princesses found the exit.
"Thank you, Cinderella," Belle said.
"What can we use to mark this cave?" Merida asked.
Elsa raised her hands and covered the cave entrance with thin layers of blue ice. "There," she said. "No other caves have an ice entrance."
"Hmm," Belle said. "It needs something else."
Elsa bit her lip in concentration. Then she made an ice statue of all sixteen princesses.
"That's perfect!" Belle cried.
Belle looked around, then spotted her castle.
"Let's see if the jewel is in the castle," suggested Belle.
"Great idea!" Sofia exclaimed.
Belle led the way to the castle. Soon, they arrived.
"It's beautiful," remarked Ariel.
"Thank you," Belle said.
They walked into the courtyard, where Chip was playing. "Hi, Belle!" he called.
"Hi, Chip," Belle replied. "Have you seen a jewel that's yellow?"
"No," Chip said.
"Okay," Belle said. "I'll ask around."
On their way into the castle, they ran into Mrs. Potts. She, along with all the other servants, had regained their human forms quite a while ago.
"Mrs. Potts!" Belle exclaimed. "Have you seen a glowing yellow jewel?"
"No," Mrs. Potts replied. "You should ask Prince Adam."
"Great idea!" replied Belle.
"Who are these others that are with you?" asked Mrs. Potts.
"They are my friends, the Disney Princesses," replied Belle. "Meet Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, Elsa, Moana, Sofia, and Elena."
"It's good to meet you, princesses," Mrs. Potts said warmly.
"Where is Prince Adam?" Belle asked.
"I think he is in his room," replied Mrs. Potts. "But you should leave the princesses with me. You know how he is with strangers."
"Yes," Belle laughed. "I don't think he'd like fifteen strangers in his own room."
Just then, Prince Adam came down the stairs. "Belle!" he cried. "Where were you?"
Belle smiled. "I wasn't looking where I was going, and I got lost in a cave," she recounted. "I found fifteen friends, and now we're here."
Prince Adam frowned. "You got lost in a book, I suppose," he said. "Maybe you shouldn't read so much in the forest."
Belle laughed. "Probably," she said. Then her expression grew more serious. "Do you have a glowing yellow jewel?"
"No," Prince Adam replied. "But I have heard there is one in the village."
Belle smiled. "Thank you," she said. "I will be back soon, but first I must find the jewel."
Belle led the princesses to the village. She knew the way there, and soon they arrived.
"Bonjour!" many townspeople were saying.
"Bonjour," Belle replied.
"Princess Belle!" a boy said.
"Oh, she's a princess now," a stout woman sang out.
The village burst into song as Belle walked to her father's house.
Belle arrived at her father's house, where Maurice was standing outside. "Papa!" Belle cried.
"Belle!" cried Maurice. "What brings you here today?"
"I'm looking for a glowing yellow jewel," replied Belle. "Do you have it?"
"No," Maurice said. "I think I may have had one, but it went missing when my experiment I used it on exploded."
"Oh, dear," Belle said. "I'll keep looking. Have a wonderful day, Papa!"
"I will," Maurice said.
Belle and the other princesses went back into the village. Triplets known as the Bimbettes saw Belle and the others and raced over.
"Ooh, I love your dress," the one with the amber dress, Laurette, said to Belle.
Claudette, the one with the red dress, said, "How do you get your hair so red?" to Ariel.
"Gorgeous, just gorgeous," Paulette, the one with the green dress, said to Jasmine. "Where did you get your outfit? I have to have one!"
"Hello, Claudette, Laurette, Paulette," Belle said. "Do you have a glowing yellow jewel?"
"How did she know?" whispered Laurette to her sisters.
Claudette and Paulette shrugged.
"We do have a jewel like that," Paulette said. "We found it on the street a while ago!"
"Could I," asked Belle, "take it?"
"Why?" Claudette asked.
"It's very important," Belle replied. "I need all the pieces."
The Bimbettes crossed their arms.
"If I come back," Jasmine said, "I'll give you an outfit like mine. But first you have to give us the jewel."
"Ooh!" squealed Paulette. "Let's give her the jewel!"
The triplets talked about it and finally agreed to give Belle the jewel.
"I'll go get it," Laurette said.
The girl rushed forward on the street, quickly getting lost in the crowd. Soon she was back with the jewel.
"Here you go, Belle," Laurette said, presenting it to Belle.
Belle picked the jewel up. It was glowing and about the size of one of Belle's books. It had to be one of the larger pieces.
"Thank you," Belle said.
"I hope to see you again," Jasmine said.
All the princesses said goodbye to Belle's village. Then they went back to the woods.
"There's the cave!" cried Merida, pointing to the cave with the ice entrance and the ice statue in front of it.
"Si, there it is," Elena said.
"I'll make a trail of snow along the cave floor until we get to the portal," Elsa said. "That way, Belle will know the way out."
"That is an excellent idea," Anna remarked.
They went into the cave. Elsa stretched her fingers and made a trail of snow along the floor. After many twists and turns, they arrived at the portal. Elsa stopped making snow, and the princesses jumped through the portal, Belle first.
Belle placed the jewel on the pedestal. It lay next to Ariel's jewel.
"Lovely," Sofia said. "We all did a wonderful job in Belle's kingdom!"
