Kit and Alyssa Rose went to the chateau with the Captain, the Grand Duke, and the guards riding behind them. Thomas stayed behind at the palace with the servants. Alyssa Rose bravely showed everyone the way as they rode through the forest. Kit and Alyssa Rose looked at each other, thinking about the day they first met when she was with Ella. Oh, I hope Sissy is alright. Then, the little girl realized that they found the path to the chateau. "Whoa!" Alyssa Rose said to Major. "Whoa, boy." She pointed to the house on the small hill. "There it is," Alyssa Rose said to Kit. "We're almost there." "I really appreciate your help, Lissie," Kit said to her. "Thank you." "You're very welcome, Kit," Alyssa Rose smiled. "But there is one problem. I can't let my stepmother see me." Kit thought for a moment to see how he could help the little girl. He looked at the cloak he was wearing and took it off. Kit draped it around Alyssa Rose's shoulders. "There. Now she won't recognize you." Alyssa Rose smiled. "Thank you, Kit," she said again. "Now, let's be off!"
Back at the chateau, Anastasia looked out the parlor window keeping an eye out for the palace guards. "Horses! Horses!" Anastasia cried. "They're here!" "Mother, it's our chance!" Drizella said excitedly as the two ran into their bedroom to powder their noses. "Let them in!" Lady Tremaine opened the front door. "Gentlemen! Your Majesty!" Lady Tremaine curtsied. "What a wonderful surprise." "A moment of your time, good lady," the Grand Duke said winking at her. "Of course. Please come in," she said as Kit, the Captain, the Grand Duke, and Alyssa Rose went inside the house.
A few minutes later, Alyssa Rose saw Drizella trying on the slipper, but it didn't fit because her foot was too big. Drizella kept struggling and she grabs hold of the Captain as she tries to force the slipper on her foot once more. "It's shrunk," she scowled. Anastasia was getting impatient. "Oh, that's enough!" She pushed Drizella out of the way and also grabs hold of the Captain to get the slipper on her foot. No, the slipper didn't fit either. Anastasia's foot was much bigger than Drizella's. Alyssa Rose giggled silently. Meanwhile, Ella was singing to herself in the attic as she thought about Alyssa Rose. "Lavender's green, dilly dilly. Lavender's blue. You must love me, dilly dilly. For I love you." When the mice saw the horses and the guards, they tried to get her attention by scurrying around her feet. When that didn't work, the only way everyone could hear her was for the mice to open the attic window. Jacqueline, Teddy, and Matilda struggled to open the window, but Gus Gus knew what he had to do. With one jump, he grabbed Matilda's feet and then the handle clicked. The window was open at last.
"Are there any other young ladies in the household, Madame?" Kit asked Lady Tremaine. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty," she lied. "There's no one else here." "Let's be off, Your Majesty," the Grand Duke said as he quickly went for the door. Just then, Alyssa Rose heard her sister sing. "If you love me, dilly dilly. I will love you. Let the birds sing, dilly dilly. And the lambs play. We shall be safe, dilly dilly. Out of harm's way." "Wait!" Alyssa Rose spoke up as she took off her cloak. "She's lying!" "You!" Lady Tremaine shouted. She walked slowly, raising her hand to strike the little girl. "How dare you…?" Alyssa Rose flinched, but the blow didn't come. She turned her head and saw the Captain was holding Lady Tremaine's wrist. "Go on, young lady," the Captain said allowing Alyssa Rose to continue. "There is someone else living here," Alyssa Rose said bravely. She also told the Captain what she had told Kit and Thomas earlier. When the Captain confronted the Grand Duke about his involvement, he couldn't say a word and laughed nervously. Knowing that Alyssa Rose was telling the truth, Kit had an angry look in his eyes as he stared at the Grand Duke. He turned and looked at Alyssa Rose. "Do you know where your sister is, Lissie?" Kit asked her. "Yes," Alyssa Rose answered and then she whispered into his ear to remind him where Ella is. Kit gave her a warm smile, then turned to the Captain and said, "Would you be so kind and follow the little lady to her sister?" "It would be my pleasure, Your Majesty," the Captain bowed as he and Lady Tremaine followed Alyssa Rose upstairs to the attic.
"I love to dance, dilly dilly. I love to sing. If I am queen, dilly dilly. You'll be my…" Ella stopped singing when she heard the key to the attic door unlock. The door opened and Alyssa Rose ran into her sister's arms. "Oh, Lissie, thank goodness you're safe," Ella whispered happily as she hugged Alyssa Rose. When she saw Lady Tremaine and the Captain, Ella stood up. "Miss," the Captain began. "You are requested and required to present yourself to your King." Ella and Alyssa Rose held hands and started to go downstairs. "No! I forbid this! You are not going down there to try on the slipper!" Lady Tremaine shouted. "And I forbid you to forbid her!" The Captain shouted back. "Who are you to stop an officer of the King?" "I am the girls' mother," Lady Tremaine whispered. "You have never been, and you never will be our mother," Ella said to her as she held Alyssa Rose's hand tightly. "Come now, ladies," the Captain said. As the girls begin to follow the Captain downstairs, Lady Tremaine grabs Ella's arm. "Just remember who you are, you wretch!" she snarled. "She already knows who she really is," Alyssa Rose snarled back at Lady Tremaine and she gave her one hard kick in the shin. The girls headed out the door leaving Lady Tremaine crying in pain and disgrace.
As the girls walked downstairs to meet with Kit, Ella stopped and looked at herself in the mirror. She remembered their mother's words, "Have courage and be kind." Alyssa Rose tugged at her hand. "Are you ready?" she whispered. "Yes," Ella whispered back. "Have courage, Sissy," Alyssa Rose said as they walked into the parlor where Kit waited. He turns around smiling at the girls. Both of the girls curtsied and smiled at him. "You must be Ella," he said. "Your Majesty, I'm no princess. I have no carriage, no parents, and no dowry. I only have my sister. I do not even know if the slipper will fit. But if it does…will you take me as I am? An honest country girl who loves you." "Of course I will," Kit said. "But only if you will take me as I am. An apprentice still learning his trade." Ella nodded. Kit then offered Ella a seat and she sat down. Kit kneels in front of her and puts the slipper on her foot. "It fits!" Alyssa Rose and Ella whispered happily. Just as Ella and Kit were about to kiss, Anastasia and Drizella burst into the room. "Ella! Lissie! My dear sisters! We're so sorry!" The two curtsied and Alyssa Rose smiled at them as a sign of forgiveness. Ella takes off the slipper and looks at her sister and Kit. "Shall we?" Ella nodded, then she held Alyssa Rose's and Kit's hands and they walk out of the room. Just as they are about to walk out of the chateau, Ella turns to Lady Tremaine, who is watching them from the stairway. "I forgive you," Ella said. Alyssa Rose did a small nod. The three left the chateau for good.
And as for Lady Tremaine and her daughters, they left the kingdom with the Grand Duke, never to be seen or heard from again.