Jôhanna lived a peaceful life, far away from the big cities in a small remote village. Nothing really exciting ever happened there, but one day she found a mysterious letter in her mail. The whole of Taborea was about to celebrate a big festival with a cake, so big, so monstrous, so gigantic, so delicious, that no description of it could ever live up to the grandiosity of that cake. Jôhanna was hooked. She decided to leave the village and go for that adventure.
She traveled to the next city with a harbor and boarded a ship to her destination: Atlas. After a few days of travel, the city finally appeared at the horizon. A bigger city she had never seen before, and so she looked at it in awe while the ship was slowly docking at the harbor.
At the entrance of the city, a representative of the festival organizers was already waiting. She waved when she saw Jôhanna walking towards her: "Are you looking to visit our festival?" she asked. "Yes." Jôhanna replied excited. "I got the letter a few days ago. It also mentioned some giant cake.". The representative smiled, and it somehow had a bit of a mischievous expression. "Of course, just walk through this portal." She said and pointed at a blue swirly thing next to her. Jôhanna nodded and stepped into it.
"Why is everything so huge suddenly?" Was the first thought Jôhanna had when she came out of the portal. Then she realised that she was walking on 4 legs and had white fur. "I'm a marten?" She was baffled. What was going on? She expected to see celebrating people, eating, drinking and laughing, on the other side of the portal. Instead, she became a marten. She looked around, spotted a lake nearby and decided to check it out.
The first thing she noticed at the lake was a giant blue ball floating near it. She walked over to it and carefully sniffed at it. It already didnt look like a cake and it surely didnt smell like a cake, but the blue glow it emitted was kinda fascinating and she kept staring at it for a moment.
Next, she saw a bunch of carpets floating above the lake. They were floating in a pattern that made it look like they were leading somewhere. Maybe to the cake? Jôhanna looked disheartened at her short feet. As a human she surely could have made those jumps, but as a marten? She decided to try nonetheless and fell not less than 5 times into the lake before she finally made it to the first carpet. How long would the way be? She looked up and saw a whole bunch of carpets leading high up in the sky. "I can never make this." she thought a bit dizzy. Was her whole journey in vain? She jumped from the carpet back to the ground and decided not to give up yet, but would instead follow a nearby path.
She followed the path for a while and then she finally saw it. A shrine with an enormous cake inside it. She accelerated her steps and ran towards it.
The cake seemed to get bigger and bigger as she got closer. When she finally reached it, she still quite could'nt believe it until she took the first bite. But it was real! And it was so big, so monstrous, so gigantic, so delicious, no description of it could ever live up to its' grandiosity. So much doubt did she have during her journey, but in the end the letter she got turned out to be true. It wasn't a lie.
Jôhanna kept eating for several hours until nothing was left of the cake. Her stomach ached, but it was worth it. She slowly walked away while thinking about her next steps. She felt tired. Lying down for a nap might be the best idea. And then? Walking back through the portal, where she hopefully becomes human again. She lay down and closed her eyes. What an adventure.
Thank you for reading 
- Jôhanna
