The Butterfly Effect

by Dracopony87

Chapter 1: Experiment Gone Wrong

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Author's Note

No this is not a crossover, and as far as I know it has nothing to do with the anime/manga Dr Stone.


Chapter 1: Experiment Gone Wrong

It was currently one AM in Cambridge MA a student by the name of Victor Light was working on an experiment that he was granted by Harvard University. Although Victor was only twenty-one with the appearance of a sixteen year old he already has a PHD in engineering and was working on getting his PHD; Victor favored wearing his matte gray headphones while working despite protests he had never gotten an accident, but as a result he inadvertently caused the back of his straight cinnamon colored hair to stick up, Victor’s turquoise eyes lit up every time someone mentioned something of his favorite, his somewhat pale skin which was a result of just barely getting enough sunshine was pretty much devoid of anything except for some freckles here and there.

However, what drove the young scientist most was his desire to create a new form of energy, one that was renewable; along with his headphones Victor almost always wore a lab coat that was off colored, underneath was a coal black shirt that he got from a concert of his favorite band, he also wore sand yellow cargo pants along with black and pink tennis shoes.

“Hey Vic. Vic!” A janitor shouted as he noticed the boy sitting in one of the library’s tables.

“Huh what? What time is it?” Victor questioned, looking up from his notes that he was too focused on.

“It’s one in the morning” The janitor replied.

“Oh...heh sorry, let me clean up” Victor said as he frantically gathered his notes.

“It’s okay, just make sure you get lots of rest. A young man like you needs it” The janitor commented.

“Yea, yea I know. It’s just I feel like I’m close to developing a new type of energy” Victor responded as he finished packing up.

“Well I hope everything works out, see you later” The janitor said as Victor quickly left the library he was studying in.

“See ya gramps” Victor said before leaving for his dorm.

The janitor chuckled, knowing that no matter how many times he told Victor not to call him “gramps” he never listened. However Victor was wise enough to at least meet the minimum vitamin requirements for his body.

“Kid’s gonna change the world someday, one way or another” The janitor said to know one in particular as he did his job.

After a somewhat short walk Victor arrived at his dorm room, to see his roommate was annoyed at the sudden intrusion of light from the outside.

“Dude it’s like one in the morning” Victor’s roommate groaned as he placed the pillow over his head.

“I know, sorry dude” Victor replied as he quickly shut the door and laid down in his own bed before falling asleep.

The next morning Victor woke up extra early to start his experiment which just so happened involved the sunrise.

“Alright, everything is set up; so this is uh experiment one to see if I could gather some type of energy between electricity and the rising sun” Victor said into the camera, he then started taking notes as the machine he had made and brought with him.

This particular machine was briefcase shaped with an extending bulb in the middle once opened, there was several test tubes that he was gonna try and use to hold the energy if his hypothesis was correct would fill up. As Victor watched the orb starting to spin he predicted various factors that could hinder this experiment a failure. However one of the few factors he failed to predict was a butterfly, normally beautiful and quite a sight, however right now it was like someone was tossed into a wood chipper.

“No!” Victor shouted as the butterfly fluttered near the orb, causing a bright spark that evaporated the insect.

Feeling like he was just overreacting Victor sighed but realized it was to late for relief as the machine he had built started vibrating heavily and with in a flash the machine blew up, evaporating a good portion of earth along with itself. Victor on the other hand wasn’t so lucky as started to disintegrate, causing him to scream in pain at the feeling of something akin to peeling the skin off of him.

What was left was a smoldering crater that had fragments of the experiment laying about.

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Meanwhile a twenty year-old Alicorn mare by the name of Twilight Sparkle was walking, chatting with one of her friends, Rainbow Dash, a light azure Pegasus mare who was twenty-one, the two were heading to an off campus movie theater to watch the latest Daring Do movie when Rainbow Dash saw a bright flash followed by something white appear out of the corner of her vision.

“So as I was...Rainbow? Rainbow are you even listening?” Twilight asked in annoyance as she spotted her friend staring at some bushes.

“Oh uh sorry Twi, just saw something” Rainbow Dash replied as the two mares hear a pained groan come from the exact spot that Rainbow Dash saw the light.

“...What was th-” Twilight started when the two heard another groan along with some rustling.

“W-where am I?” The voice asked as Rainbow Dash cautiously approached.

“Rainbow what are you doing?” Twilight asked in a hushed tone.

“Shh, I think some creature’s hurt” Rainbow Dash replied as she made her way to the source of the groans, once there she started to ask who she though was a pony if they were hurt.

“I’m a little so...re...” Victor replied as he rubbed his head and looked up to see a light azure colored humanoid staring at him with another humanoid who this time was lavender was also staring at him.

“What the hell?” The three muttered as they looked at one another.

“U-uh hi?” Twilight asked cautiously as she slowly stepped to her next to her friend.

“Hello? Um what exactly are you?” Victor asked out of bewilderment.

“What we are? More like what the hell are you?” Rainbow Dash retorted.

“I’m a human...” Victor replied.

“Okay Mr Human, you are a Mr right?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Uh yea I’m Victor Light...so who or what are you two?” Victor questioned.

“Rude, I’m Rainbow Dash, the fastest Pegasus mare in the world, and this hear is my egghead of a friend, Twilight Sparkle” Rainbow Dash introduced.

“Unless you’re some new species I’ve never seen anything like you before” Twilight added.

“What do you mean- wait did you say Pegasus?” Victor asked as he stood up, showing the two mares that he was at least six feet tall with Twilight, being the taller of the two being at the height of his chin.

“Yea, you know, pony with two feathered wings?” Rainbow Dash

“I know what a Pegasus is, it’s just they’re usually on all fours, don’t talk and aren’t pastel colored” Victor replied.

“Well here Pegasi are non of those things!” Rainbow Dash shot back now annoyed.

“Then I must be either dead or in an alternate reality” Victor muttered as he placed a hand on his chin.

“You’re about to be dead” Rainbow Dash snarled as Twilight stepped in front of her friend to try and defuse the situation.

“Since both Rainbow and I are alive then I think it’s only logical that you’re in an alternate reality” Twilight interjected.

“Yea, I’m starting to think that to, considering that we can understand each other” Victor pointed out as he sighed.

“So then Victor was it? How’d you end up here?” Twilight asked.

“Well I was seeing if I can harvest a new type of energy from the sunrise, I had calculated just about every variable except for butterflies” Victor sighed.

The two mares just gave him a confused look.

“You see I’m or at least I was a university student with a PHD in engineering and was working on getting a PHD in physics; even though most people think of me as a sixteen year-old I’m actually twenty-one” Victor explained.

“Oh so you’re in college like us?” Twilight asked.

“Pretty much...say do you happen to know where I am?” Victor asked.

“Yep, you’re in Rosebud Park” Twilight replied.

“Uh okay?”- Victor said a little confused -“Oh right alternate reality”

“Well I’d like to ask you what your world is like but Rainbow and I need to get going. Bye!” Twilight replied as she dragged her somewhat fuming friend along and waved.

“Bye?...”- Victor said dumbfounded “Relax Vic, you’re just in another universe filled with humanoid creatures that apparent can understand you while also having little to no clue where you are” He said to no one in particular and sighed.

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“So do you think leaving what’s his face there was a great idea?” Rainbow Dash asked as the two mares crossed the street.

“Well to be honest no, grant he didn’t seem like he’s dangerous but on the other hand what if he is and wanted to wait till some lone creature walked past before he struck?” Twilight replied.

“Listen Twi, *sigh* if you want to go back we can” Rainbow Dash said.

“Yea, though I’m probably overthinking this I do still wanna know more about him and where he came from” Twilight replied before the street from where they came.

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