While walking through the woods to take a picture of an endangered owl Dwight falls through a hole onto Princess Gretta and accidentally awakens her with his kiss. As a result, he becomes her Champion, a situation that neither teenager is happy about.
Jacopo the Troubadour demands that Gretta relinquish her throne. Using his magical lute, he entrances the citizens of Woodside to do his bidding in his quest.
Dwight's community service project follows him home in the shape of the adorable puppy, Peanut. Gretta and Baldric swear that the harmless puppy is something much more menacing.
A witch immobilizes Gretta with enchanted flowers and kidnaps her. When Baldric is also immobilized, Dwight must try to find the princess with help from an unlikely source: Chlodwig.
While trying to coordinate the annual Woodside Carnival, Dwight and Gretta are kidnapped by a group of bandits and shackled together. Literally inseparable, the two must navigate their way through the carnival.
Chlodwig takes it upon himself to start training Dwight in how to become a knight. Meanwhile, a fairy addicted to sweets has possessed Baldric's body, who goes in search of a phoenix, a wishing well, and goat's milk.
Winnie, a nuisance from Gretta's past, reemerges; Dwight is immediately taken with the beautiful, but uncommunicative woman, and vows to help right the wrong from Winnie's past.
In an effort to fix Baldric's staff, Gretta and Dwight come face to face with the dragon guarding Gretta's castle; they uncover a family secret in the process.
An unfortunate love spell makes the seventh-grade paperboy, Todd, the object of Gretta's affection. Dwight and Baldric do what they can to help Gretta avoid embarrassment and a restraining order.
While Dwight and Baldric plan how to rescue Princess Gretta from the ogre who abducted her, Sir Aldred leaps to the rescue. Now, it appears he may be the intended champion, and Dwight may be replaced.