The pregnant queen of a kingdom falls ill. Her guards, searching for a cure, find a magical healing flower, that was used for centuries by Gothel, an elderly woman, to stay young. The flower heals the queen so she gives birth to a girl named Rapunzel. Gothel learns that Rapunzel's golden hair retains the flower's healing abilities, but if cut, it turns brown and loses it magical power. Gothel kidnaps and isolates the child in a tower, raising her as her own daughter. However, every year on Rapunzel's birthday, the kingdom sends thousands of sky lanterns into the sky longing for their lost princess to return
