Unforeseen Consequences - Butterfly Effect(pt.19)

>”This transport system is inbound from Level-1 dormitories to Sector F-Test Labs. Please keep your limbs inside the train at all times. In case of an emergency…”
>That was your old work place announcement system. Back to your old world… back to your old place… and it would be just a normal day of work if it wasn’t for three things.
>One, from every window that let you see outside you could see that the moon was abnormally high two, you were still a little unicorn, and finally…
>The place was empty, a massive workplace, one of the most important and expensive projects that the US government has ever done, the kind that even had military personal guarding it.
>This place was the fucking American answer to the CERN, something to blow even DARPA out of the fucking water… and there wasn’t a single soul except for you.
>You can’t see anyone during the train ride to your lab, not a single scientist, security personnel… nothing, suffice to say, it sent a chill down your spine.
>You can’t point your finger exactly at what, but there was also something wrong with the compound itself… details were wrong, instead of the mathematical symbol that was everywhere this time it was also a moon
>The lightning of the whole place was also wrong, instead of the white neon lights that illuminated the whole place the lamps displayed a blue light, while a lot of places were covered in darkness.
>But then you see it, something in one of the train windows, something small but different enough that clashed with the place atmosphere
“Is this a… butterfly? What is doing this in here?”
>As irrelevant as a little bug would be, there was something about it, something that awoke a feeling inside you, something instinctive, and something primitive
“Fear”
>Why was this happening? You honestly couldn’t tell, but this little butterfly gave you a primal sense of fear, somehow you knew that something was going terribly wrong
>”Anoooooon”
>But what is the meaning of all this…
>”Anoooon… wakey wakey….”
>Why would you dream about this place, if anything you’d dream about your old flat in Boston, not this fucking place in the middle of the Mojave.
>The robotic voice speaks again “Arriving now at Sector F-Test labs. Please stand back from the automated door and wait for…”
>The voice tone was also wrong, it didn’t belong to the automated system that you remembered… it was softer, strange but somehow familiar
>The door opens… you can see a familiar silhouette covered by blinding light
>”BOOOM!” the light envelops everything and in an instant everything fades away
“ARGH!”
>You look around… it was your room back in Canterlot… back at Equestria
“Was that just a dream?”
>”Well of curse it was and let me tell you, you’re a heavy sleeper anon… tch, tch, tch, you need to correct that behavior, after all you are now a PRINCE!” That voice… oh god no
“Discord!”
>You can hear the sound of fingers snapping and with that the Frankenstein abomination appears in front of you, floating in midair as if he was lying on an invisible hammock.
>“The one and only! Tell me my pint sized friend, how’s life treating you?” Discord asks with a smug voice.
“What are you doing here!?”
>Discord cocks an eyebrow at you, of course he would still be his arrogant self  ”Oh my, for somepony that is supposed to be super smart, you don’t have good memory do you?“ he chuckles at this “Or maybe your brief time with the princesses has taken a toll on you, I mean now you seem to have a memory as bad as Princess Luna”
“Hey! Don’t you dare to insult them! At least they don’t look like something that a retarded child would come up with!”
>This makes Discord smile a little “Oh so we have got more confident! I liiiiike that! but let me tell you this Anon” Discord snaps his talons making you launch from your bed into the air
“Aaaah!”
>Discord extends his arms to catch you, but he puts them away at the last minute, making you fall flat on your face
“Hnnng, you son of a-“
>Discord shuts you up by holding you muzzle with enough force to prevent you from opening your mouth”Ah Ah, remember you are now a prince so you better watch that tongue of yoursssss” he hisses the last part like a snake, complete with the thin tongue.
>Discord lets you go after that little threat of. You on the other gand rub your muzzle a little… it kinda hurt
“Anyways why are you here”
>Discord fakes being insulted with a super over the top motion ”Oh! Isn’t a draconequus allowed to visit a friend that also happens to be -despite inferior-  a colleague in chaos?” Then he goes back at his arrogant self “Besides I have to collect my part of the deal”
>Oh that’s right, the two days thingy was over by now…hmmm now that you remember you had some questions for this motherfucker
“Very well Discord, as you can see I’m doing fine sooo-”
>Discord turns to the door, making a dismissive motion with his paw ”Yeah, yeah, I know the tune, see ya later Ano-“
“How have you been?”
>Discord turns his head to you… like literally he does a 180° degrees spin with his head
>”Excuse me?” He looked genuinely curious about why you asked that
>To be fair a part of you was too but you need answers from him. So maybe if you try to level with him in some way this will work out… you hope
“Yeah dude, how have you been? I mean, I haven’t seen you in two days, and despite everything this whole thing has turned out really well to say the least. Soooo I’ve wanted to talk to you again”
>There was some truth in those words, you in fact were curious about what someone like him would do on his free time.
>”I’ve been doing nicely, thanks for asking. Now if you excuse me I have business to do” Discord returns his head to the proper place and opens the door…
>Fuck, plan A failed. Time for the backup plan. If you can’t level with a child…
“I never took you for a boring douchebag”
>You muster those words as if you were speaking with yourself but loud enough so Discord can hear them
>”What did you say?” Discord replies genuinely offended as he rapidly intertwines you with his snake-like body.
>You strike him right in his fucking ego, yes the plan worked… now don’t puss out
 “You heard me, are you telling that your plan was just to show up, fuck around and then leave to retrieve your part of the deal? Like dude what the fuck? Celestia told me that you used to be cool, I guess that’s a thing that changes with age, huh?”
>Discord narrows his eyes as he starts to slightly constrict you with his body “Oooooh so you reaaally got confident. Very well my little friend, if you are so bored that you decided to mess with somepony way out of your league then maybe I can help you out” he grins at you, an arrogant and slightly evil grin
>Fuck, you need to come up with something fast… AHA! Maybe this will work!
“So correct me if I’m wrong, you will perform you magical shenanigans, then you’ll probably laugh at me, right?”
>Discord chuckles at your words, looking you right in the eye “What you mean with probably? Oh Anon, I’m not some sort of amateur at chaos like yourself. Of course I WILL laugh at you! That much I can assure you”
“But then that just proves my point you idiot! If you are the only one having fun then that means that no one else is. And by that logic then that makes you the most boring motherfucker in Equestria”
>Something inside you tells you that you should probably tone it down but fuck that. You don’t know where you are going to talk to Discord again; you need to try this.
>Besides you’re pretty sure that he can’t do shit to you, his precious “deal” will be lost if he brings any harm to you and then he will have to face the anger of two alicorns… plus, you really want to make him mad
>Discord slightly tilts his head backwards “Oh is that so? Well…” He then releases you from his grip, making you fall again “Why don’t you tell me how to do my job hrnm? I bet that you could come up with something reaaally fun, eh Mr. Fun guy?” He crosses his arms looking at you with a sense of superiority
>Well, this was easier than what you though, still you better not push this too much, otherwise he might won’t give a shit about the deal anymore
“Ok dude, I’ll tell you how to stop being the very definition of boringness if you agree to my conditions”
>”And what would that be? You are aware that no matter what, I won’t send you back to your world. Or did you forget that?”
>You nod confident of yourself; you had this on the bag. His massive ego was hurt and you bet that Discord wanted to know your answer just so he could laugh at it.
“You have to answer my questions”
>Discord laughs at this and waves his paw in a dismissive manner  “Pffff Oh Anon, you silly colt!” Discord snaps his talons making a big red couch appear along with a Fez on top of his head, a glass of chocolate milk in his paw and a pipe in his mouth “Lemme tell ya kid, if ya wanted to learn more about Papa Discord then ya should just asked!”
>Discord snaps his talon again, making you teleport onto his lap…
>Hey, this time you didn’t feel like you wanted to die! Maybe you are getting used to it… huh he was also wearing a night coat… a very comfy looking one you had to admit
“…”
>Discord blows some bubbles from his pipe, looking at you unamused “Did the cat got yer tongue? Speak boyo!”
“Well, is just that… can I have a coat like yours? I’ve always wanted one of those”
>Discord rolls his eyes at your stupid request but nonetheless complies, making a very puffy, red colored coat appear on you…
>duuude this shit was awesome. And look! It even had your initials engraved on it!
>”Happy?” Discord asks somewhat annoyed
“Very… thank you Discord”
>But as comfy as this was, you need to get to the point, so you clear your throat ready to speak
“But eh… ahem… the first question I want to ask is… What things on my mind did you changed?”
>Discord gives you a stoic look “Really, this again? I already told you everything, Anon!”
>He rubs his chin which in turn made you a little nervous, nothing good could come out from that ”But I guess that if you still want to go through all of this stuff again… I can make it at least more fun”
“What do you mean with more fun? Discord, I need you to be serious! This is really important!”
>Clearly not caring about your concerns, Discord snap his talons, making a very old looking projector appear alongside a screen.
>”Oh believe me, this will answer aaall of your questions” Discord eyes at you giving you a thumbs up and a toothy grin
>The lights on the room go out and despite not being plugged to anything, the projector starts screening on a wall.
>What appears was… Discord styled like an early 1920’s Mickey Mouse cartoon “Well hello there young folks! I’m your host Discord, and today we will learn about the magic of chaos!” he even spoke like a newspaper boy from that era.
“Discord what’s this”
>Both Discords shush you, while the cartoon continues speaking “For this explanation to take place, we will require all dumb colts to be veeeery quiet during the presentation!”
>You turn to Discord and give him a smirk
“Well I guess you need to be quiet Discord”
>“In case of unnecessary and lame remarks my incredibly good looking draconequus partner is authorized to zap any trouble makers” Discord returns the smirk to you and takes a sip of… the glass leaving the milk suspended mid air… right
“W-well I guess we better enjoy the function in silence!”
>The cartoon Discord gives you a shit eating grin before continuing with the “function”… mother fucker “In this presentation we will learn about the wonders of CHAOS MAGIC and dimensional travel. You see my friends…” The cartoon discord makes two worlds appear on the screen.
>”These two worlds while different on the outside are actually one and the same ” Before you can protest, the cartoon Discord points at you
>“Yes that sounds crazy but that’s the beauty of chaos folks! Because you see, these two happy planets are actually different versions of the same world which are connected by very powerful forces!” The cartoon energetically remarks.
>So the string theory folks were right… it was good that none of your co-workers were here, otherwise you’d need to pay so much goddamn money in lost bets
>”Normally it would be impossible to travel between alternate worlds but with CHAOS MAGIC the word impossible becomes possible!” The cartoon raises his arms in joy and an explosion goes off behind him
>“And that’s not everything that you can do with CHAOS MAGIC!  You can also take stuff from other dimensions with you, like this silly guy!” A silly looking human pops in in one of the two planets.
>Was that supposed to be fucking you?
“Hey!”
>The cartoon smirks at you ”But unfortunately even CHAOS MAGIC has some rules to follow” The cartoon Discord looks heartbroken at this
>”Living folks like our friend here has to go through some changes… basically they transform into their equivalent of the dimension they are traveling to” The little discord takes your silly caricature and puts it on the other world, making it transform into an adult unicorn with a dumb face.
>”So our silly friend here is stuck in a new body that he doesn’t know how to control and the process of teaching this knuckle head would be long and boring. So instead we take another approach, can you guess what it is?”
>The cartoon Discord was looking at you expecting an answer like one of those 3-year old cartoons.
>”Oh, Oh! I know pick me!” Discord asks the cartoon
>”Ooooh I’m sorry my handsome partner but this question is actually for our young friend!” The cartoon Discord waves his right arm in a cheesy manner
“Do I really have to?”
>”Yes you do! Otherwise you know what’s coming” The cartoon answers you back in a gleeful manner waving his arm again.
“Egh… chaos magic”
>”What was that? I can’t hear youuuuu” he even puts his talon on his ear so he could “listen” to your answer
“CHAOS MAGIC! Ugh… Just continue with this thing”
>”That’s right! It was CHAOS MAGIC! But if our friend here would… let’s say… take the role of the princesses’ son, then some other adjustments would need to be made” The adult unicorn is then transformed into a little, cute kid.
>Huh, so you were transformed “naturally” into a magical horse and then de-aged by Discord’s shenanigans but…
“How did you insert my magical knowledge inside my head? Humans don’t have such thing. So I need to know what exactly you did with my mind”
>The cartoon drops his arms and looks at you annoyed “Very well… you see my friends with the help of CHAOS MAGIC we rewrote some basic stuff of his mind. Namely veeery basic body functions”
>The cute looking colt then appears sitting on a toilet and holding a newspaper “And since my friend Discord is so great, kind and generous he also gave the colt some gifts… which were given by just adding the information to his mind, like a school class but less boring”
“But wait”
>”And with that we end out presentation! Hope that you join us next time in our adventure of CHAOS IN EQUESTRIA” The cartoon Discord makes a bow and some confetti appear behind him.
>Discord yawns and stretches a little “Very well Anon, I hope that this educational movie helped with your silly answers”
>”Wait a minute! What about my pay?” The cartoon Discord angrily protests
>Discord cocks an eyebrow at this, chuckling a little “Pay? I’m sorry little friend but you do not even belong to the syndicate”
>”Oh you dirty-“ Discord snaps his talons, making everything he summoned go away… Awww even your comfy night coat
>”ugh, amateurs” Discord shrugs not giving a fuck
>But despite the little “movie” you still didn’t know why you were regressing in terms of behavior
“Discord, you said that you just rewrote basic functions but… are you sure that you didn’t change anything else? Because that movie didn’t explain why I’m suddenly acting more and more like a little kid”
>Discord looks at you for a moment and then shrugs “I don’t know, as my little friend just told you I just made some small changes here small things there”
>He couldn’t possibly made just that, the results were actually way bigger than that and besides… hold on
“Small changes you say?”
>Discord rolls his eyes “Yes Anon, small changes, you really didn’t want to spend months inside my house learning how to go to the bathroom properly. Do you?”
>You look at Discord with both anger and excitement
“So you made these small changes… and then the results were huge in terms of how I act…”
>”Hey, maybe you are into that kind of stuff, but me on-“
>You remember the butterfly in your dream; you now know why it made you feel so much fear. You already knew the answer, and it indeed was terrifying
“Discord you stupid fuck! Don’t you realize what you’ve done?”
>Discord shakes his head and shrugs again; he must think that you went insane.
>You slap you hoof on your face and groan… this one was a dense motherfucker
 “And you call yourself an expert in chaos!? THINK DISCORD! YOU CAUSED A BUTTERFLY EFFECT!”
>Discord cocks an eyebrow at you “Butterfly effect? I know of Fluttershy, but despite how cute she is I don’t see how-“
>You slap your hoof again in your face in pure disbelief on his lack of knowledge about chaos theory
“You stupid hack! No! Your friend has nothing to do with it! Come on dude, this is basic chaos theory!”
>Discord rolls his eyes, looking both annoyed and disgusted “Oh please Anon, chaos isn’t a theory, it isn’t boring science, it is well… chaos!”
>You groan in desperation, how he could be so idiotic was beyond you
“Let me explain it to you, so you can understand”
>You take a deep breath and look at Discord dead serious
“The butterfly effect is when you introduce small changes into a non-linear system; in this case it was your little fuckery with both my mind and body. These small changes produce a larger output which is NOT proportional to the input and acts in a stochastic way.”
>Discord yawns and curls himself into a floating ball “To the point Anon, if I wanted a boring class I’d have gone with Twilight”
>You glare angrily at Discord, now you were mad beyond belief
“What I mean to say is that by making all of these small changes in my mind, YOU occasioned a random result that in this case it was my adult mind regressing into the one of a fucking kid!”
>Discord stands from his curly position and looks at you, clearly not giving a fuck “I still don’t see what the problem is Anon. I mean, all I have to do is to return your little and petty mind like how it was before” he shrugs
“Oh come on, you can’t possibly be that dense! Non-linear system doesn’t work like that, Discord! Your solution would create more random results!”
>Discord was looking bored from all of this “Then what’s the problem, what’s done is done, you are enjoying your new life don’t you?”
“Well yes but-“
>”And you have grown fond of those two sisters, am I right?” Discord’s face changes from bored to his usual arrogant self
“Yes, very much… but Discord-“
>”So, if you have been enjoying the good life with those two corny alicorns, and they clearly love you AND there’s also the fact that you can’t go back, then what’s the problem? For all intents and purposes you ARE a dumb colt now, but with the advantage of having the experience of a self-indulgent jerk” Discord gives you a toothy grin…
>You drop your head, your heart was beating fast and your mind was racing
>You actually grew to love Luna and Celestia despite your short time with them and you were sure that they felt the same. Same goes with the few friends you’ve made here… poor Cherrywood would be heartbroken if her only friend suddenly disappeared.
>And fuck… he was kinda right. You can’t go back, Discord won’t allow it and you sure as hell don’t know… or want to.
>There was some fear inside you though, despite small it was a powerful one…
“Discord… we can’t possibly predict all the outputs or the magnitude of them, what if I end up losing myself completely… what if I stop being me”
>”Oh come on Anon, you can’t go around like acting like a pretentious jerk… that won’t happen, I guarantee you” Discord was giving a reassuring smile… and yeah that made you feel a little better
“Thanks Discord, I guess is like they say whatever happens, happens, right?”
>Discord laughs, patting your head “That’s the attitude! But I’m serious, you just don’t tell anypony that you were an adult… a weird adult alien and you can live the rest of your new life without any kind of worries”
>Discord then looks at you slightly worried “You didn’t tell them that you aren’t actually a kid, did you?”
>Well, yeah, is not like you have been lying that much, Luna and Celestia pretty much knew everything about you except that you were actually a grown man and worked at arguably the biggest laboratory in the planet.
“Nah, I did tell them all about my world though but of course, with the exception that I was a human or my actual… err… past age”
>”Then you don’t have to worry about anything! Even with Luna’s dream travel magic she will never know that you were once one thanks to the magic of yours truly”
>Luna’s what? What the fuck was he talking about?
“Luna can see my dreams? What are you talking about Discord?”
>Discord gives you an evil grin “Oh so you don’t know about that?” he chuckles “Don’t worry then, I’m sure that you will find out soon enough” Discord then gives you a pat on the head
>”But as I said, you don’t have to worry about her finding out that you were once a grown-up human, the whole mind tinkering and dimensional travel will take care of that. Now if you excuse me I business to attend to” Discord stretches a little, letting out a big yawn
>You felt now at ease for some reason… Discord was right in his words; you guess that you had to embrace these side effects.
>And even so, you weren’t fully a kid in mind as you retained your past experiences and your personality was still you, so maybe… just maybe there’s some hope there, you might not end up becoming a dumb child…
>Or you can actually come up with something to reverse this depending what the extent of your magic is
>But something else was lingering on your mind
“Discord, can I ask you something else?”
>”Hrn? Is another existential doubt crossing your little human mind?”
>You shake your head; no this was less… philosophical
“No…I was wondering… were you behind the press leak? A bunch of cunts broke in last night, claiming that they were journalists asking for “the new prince” so some shit like that. And well, I don’t want to sound mean, but you are indeed a suspect since you know about me”
>Discord shakes his head “No, I did promised Princess Celestia that I wouldn’t tell a sould and despite my chaotic nature, I’ve learned to be a draconequus of my word “ Discord stops, realizing something a mischievous grin stars to appears in his face “When did this “leak” happened?”
“Last night, and they didn’t left until late… why?”
>Discord chuckles in a devilish way “Oh nothing… say Anon, why don’t I take you with Luna and Celestia while I got to… visit a friend”
“Sure, that would be nice, but why-“
>But before you can even finish your sentence you are teleported to the throne room where Luna and Celestia were discussing something, you take a look… and Discord was nowhere in sight
>The first one to take notice of you was Celestia “Oh good morning my sunshine! We were going to head to your room to wake you up” she greets you with a cheerful tone
>Luna on the other hand was looking more… concerned “Tell me my child… how was your…sleep?”
>huh why would she even ask something like that unless… oh fuck did she enter your dreams already? Did she saw your fucking workplace?
“W-well I have a weird dream about my old world“
>Luna keeps looking at you, dead worried “I mean more about… do you feel scared about something?” She then flies to you and gives you a big and warm hug “I know I have to explain myself about this, and I promise you on my royal honor that I will, but I know that you have a very big sense of fear about something… please don’t hide that kind of feelings”
>Celestia walks to you, giving you a little caress on your cheek “We are here to help you with that kind of stuff my sunshine” Goddamn that smile… it made your heart melt
>So she did enter your dream… and was worried about what it made you feel instead of what she saw, that was cool… but honestly kinda weird that she didn’t ask about the massive compound.
“Y-yeah, I’m fine now, Discord came and-“
>”Discord!?” Both sisters reply in shock
“Yeah, but don’t worry I think he went to see a friend so I guess that he won’t come ba-“
>But before you can finish your sentence a loud bang and an intense but brief light interrupts you
>”-ord! I’m telling you that there’s no way for the princesses to have adopted a young colt! Those are just tabloids written by third class journalists who are only looking to…” It was Discord holding a purple alicorn, and boy she was looking confused when she realized where she was
>”Discord… Why are we in canterlot castle instead of the map room?” She looks at Discord, not pleased at all