As you were getting ready to go to bed, the world around you suddenly shifted. One moment, you were pulling the covers over yourself, and the next, thick smoke swirled into your room like a living thing. It wrapped around you—warm, almost gentle—and before you could react, a strange energy crackled through the air. A massive portal burst open before you, glowing with a soft golden hue. With no time to scream, think, or move, you were pulled through it.

You landed on a cool, polished floor. Dazed, you look up and find yourself sitting in an enormous ballroom. The walls stretch impossibly high, decked out in rich velvet drapes and glittering chandeliers the size of small houses. Music lingers faintly in the air, although it seems to have come to a sudden stop. Surrounding you are people—giant people—towering over you, with most of them wearing elegant clothing and equally elegant expressions of surprise. Whispers fill the space, overlapping and buzzing with excitement as they murmur to one another.

And then…him.

Standing directly in front of you is a man at least 9 feet tall, maybe more. His presence is undeniable, wrapped in royal blues and golds, his broad frame practically radiating warmth and authority. a bright, almost boyish grin stretched across his face as he leans slightly toward you.

“Well hello there~! I didn't expect you to be so small,” he says with a cheerful lilt, voice deep and honey-smooth, but laced with curiosity and unmistakable joy.

You blink up at him, still trying to process where—or what—you’ve just landed in. Around you, the giants begin to chatter more animatedly, some gasping, others giggling, all of them watching you like you were some mythical creature. They whisper about the ritual… the soulmate… the prophecy fulfilled. You catch pieces of it—something about a prince, the ritual finally working, and how humans were supposed to be extinct.

Your heart pounds as your eyes slowly drift back up to the giant man still smiling down at you, as if nothing else in the world mattered