AN: Not exactly sure if I'm going to continue with this, but I'll just put it out there anyway.
Summary: Prom night ends with a tragedy as East High's prom queen is brutally murdered. Seven years later and the Prom King's still not over it. Given the opportunity to turn back time and change the outcome of events that night, Troy Bolton struggles to deal with the consequences brought on by those minor changes.
The Butterfly Effect
June 6th, 2008
Blinding camera flashes, satin prom dresses, beautiful ball gowns, fancy suits and tuxedos, cheery laughter and giggles haunted that despicable night. Crowds of hormone-ridden teenagers gathered by the entrance to the Lava Spring ballroom; their faces radiated pure innocence and cheer. Click, click, click, the sound of cameras immortalizing the night they were all waiting for rang out through the crowd.
No one expected the shrill screams that night, no one expected to see the blood.
Among the five hundred seniors, one of them wore a facade, masking his or her true intentions. Among the crowd there was a murderer.
As the clock struck midnight, one girl's fairytale ending was put to a fatal halt. As expected, Gabriella Montez was proclaimed Prom Queen alongside her blue-eyed boyfriend of a year and a half, Troy Bolton. East High's power couple was a favorite to be crowned that evening, and so they were. For the two lovestruck teenagers, the day symbolized the ending of their old life as high school sweethearts and the beginning of their life in the real world as struggling college students separated by 39.2 miles.
But someone out there in the crowd wanted her crown. Blinded by jealousy and spurred by the immense hatred for the innocent girl, someone out there wanted her to die. What was meant to be the most magical night turned into a nightmare for most East High students, forever tainting the innocence of every student who attended the Prom. That night, East High lost a student, a best friend, a daughter, a Valedictorian, a lover.
No one knew the culprit by name. The dark shadow that cornered down Gabriella Montez at approximately 12:07 A.M. remained unknown.
All anyone knew was that the murderer concealed his or her tracks all too well. The case went on for months; every student, staff member, or chaperone in the ballroom became a suspect, but a culprit was never found. And for the rest of their lives, students remembered the presence of a murderer in their graduating class and no one ever forgot the infamous night when Gabriella Montez was mercilessly stabbed before her throat was slit.
What a shame it was, the girl with the 4.0 GPA, a full ride to Stanford, and a loving boyfriend was robbed of the chance to experience life to its fullest. All the plans and hushed whispers of what the future would hold for Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez came to a tragic closure as time ran out that night. It was significant to note that although only one life came to an end that night, another life was drastically impacted as well. A heart was permanently broken - a heart that never healed again.
The Three Fates in the Underworld decided her time elapsed and cruelly cut her thread of life, unaware of the tremendous impact it would have on the lives of everyone who knew her.
Her shrill screams from that night - oh, what a shame... if only someone heard her plea for help and rushed to her rescue sooner.
If only he could erase the past, the blue-eyed man wished.