The begrudging Giusi Malvado and his spy, the abject Nino, discover that Alex is none other than Princess Alexandra of Kieland. Set on revenge against the Musketeers of Orleandia, the evil pair abduct her under the very noses of Bastien and his Musketeers, who are too busy to save the Tsar of Kasak and his daughter from a disastrous battle to notice the plot against one of their own. Bastien soon realises that Malvado's evil plan is to ransom Alex...