Meet Smartina, the most commanding of Princess Commanders. While her Daddy, the King, is away fighting dragons, she's the Queen of the castle and her word is law. All too soon, though she is threatened by a rival. Before she can issue a new command, she is drugged, put in a sack and left outside a bears' cave in the middle of an impenetrable forest. Luckilt for her she is rescued by a magic house and garden. But this is where the seven rumbustious little scallywags live - and soon together they will face a dragon attack.