While the ball carried on, Odette's friends attempted to save her by swimming to the bottom of the lake and around the tower to search for a way inside. They had to be careful, though, because Rothbart had placed two large crocodiles to guard her.
Then, against one of the walls they discovered a small crack in the tower large enough for the frog to swim through and into Odette's prison. All they had to do was widen the opening enough for her to escape. If they didn't work quickly, Odette would never make it to the castle. That was her one and only chance, you know; no other night, no other time, just then. If her one true love confessed to the wrong woman...