The Amulet of Avalor.King Roland surprises Amber and Sofia with new jewels from the royal treasury, which has now strengthened security with the introduction of griffins, half-lion half-eagle beasts that have an eye for anything sparkly and the fierceness to guard treasures. Sofia takes off her amulet just for a moment to try on a new necklace in her room, and it is immediately stolen. She loses her ability to talk to and understand animals, and frantically searches for it. Cedric discovers the thief wearing it, seeing this as the perfect opportunity to get the Amulet of Avalor as long as he finds it before Sofia does. More crimes occur, such as the disappearance of the golden goblets for the night's feast and Miranda's tiara, with all the scenes of the crime marked with scratches, bits of shed fur and shed feathers. Clover, Mia and Robin manage to locate and chase the thief, but unable to get the amulet back. Amber informs her father about the theft of Sofia's amulet much to the latter's horror, as her father was the one who had gifted it to her as a welcoming gift and made her promise never to take it off. Roland tells Sofia the story of how he picked the amulet as a gift for her, remembering the stories of how it would always watch over the one who wore it, and felt that that was something she needed with the stresses of royal life to deal with.