Princess Amara, the one villagers call the evil Princess, seeks a magical stone stolen from her by a Harlequin toy many years ago. On discovering that the harlequin is hiding in a village in the county of Fairland, she makes the toymaker her prisoner, and having brought the toys to life, later abducts them. Trip, a wooden toy soldier, who stumbles a lot, Boot and Geia, who are mice, with a little help from Meredith, who is a mouse wizard, endeavour to rescue them and stop her finding her stone.