BUTTERFLY EFFECT [SHORT VERSION]

[The scene opens up on an exterior shot of the Loud House on a sunny day; Lincoln leaps out of his room to perform for the Smith twins.]

Lincoln: "Watch in awe, as The Amazing Lincoln displays his unbelievable yo-yo skills!"

Brooke: [Awe] "Cool!"

Ashley: "I should try it sometime."

Lincoln: "I shall now "walk the dog"!"

[Charles enters the scene, carrying a leash in his mouth.]

Lincoln: "Not you, Charles. I meant the yo-yo."

[The Smith twins laugh as Charles whimpered, and he walks out of the scene.]

Lincoln: "I shall now go "AROUND THE WORLD"!"

[Charles enters the scene, carrying a suitcase.]

Lincoln: "Sorry, still talking about the yo-yo."

[Charles whimpers, and he walks out of the scene]

Ashley: "How the hell did he got that suitcase?"

Brooke: [shrugs] "Dogs have a mind of their own." [to Lincoln] "Alright, Lincoln, please perform your trick."

[Lincoln attempts to do the "around the world" trick, but the yo-yo flies off his finger, ricochets around the hallway, and flies into Lisa and Lily's room, causing a crash making the twins gasp.]

Lincoln: [nervous] "The Amazing Lincoln will now take a brief intermission."

Brooke: "I'll join you."

Ashley: [sighs] "This can't be good."

[Lincoln, Brooke, Ashley and Charles look into the room, and they see that the bottles on Lisa's desk have been broken, with their contents spilled.]

Ashley: [winces] "Yikes, Lisa's gonna be mad."

Lincoln: "I better go tell Lisa."

[Cut to Lincoln's imagination, where Lisa observes the damage in a dark, stylized environment.]

Imaginary Lisa: [turning red with anger, with her teeth sharpened.] '"You've completely DESTROYED MY LIFE'S WORK! I DESPISE YOU, AND YOU NO LONGER EXIST TO ME!"'

[A wall of fire burns in the background behind her, along with a cultist choir. Back to reality.]

Lincoln: "Yeah, I'm not telling Lisa." [Charles whimpers]

Ashley: "I think Charles is right, Linc."

Lincoln: "Oh, come on, guys. When did Charles get a conscience? I've seen him poop on the couch! Besides, if I just walk away, what's the worst thing that could happen?"

[Brooke and Charles glanced at the viewers with flat looks.]

Ashley: "Lincoln, please. If you don't tell Lisa what you did, think of the consequences of what could happen in the future?"

[Lincoln pondered on Ashley's suggestion and began to think what could happen if he didn't tell Lisa; Cuts to a fantasy when the roof is lifted up from outside by Lily, who has grown to gargantuan size; she looks down at Lincoln, and she giggles with a deep voice.]

Lincoln: "LILY!"

[Lincoln sees a trail of Lisa's chemicals leading from her desk to the crib.]

Lincoln: "Oh no, Lisa's chemicals! What have I done?!"

Lily: "Mmmm... yum yum!"

[Lily reaches down for Lincoln as he tries to run away; he gets caught, and Lily opens her mouth.]

Lincoln: "DON'T EAT ME, LILY!"

[Lincoln screams as Lily lifts him toward her mouth; his open mouth fills the camera, turning the screen black.]

[the screen flashes back to the point where Lincoln and Charles were overlooking the damage on Lisa's desk.]

Lincoln: "So that's the worst thing that could happen.

Ashley: "So, are you going to tell Lisa now." [Charles barks]

Lincoln: "Yep! I'm going to tell Lisa!"

Lisa: [in the doorway] "Tell Lisa what?" [gasps as she sees the damage.]

Brooke: "Speak of the devil."

Lincoln: [quickly while fearful] "I was playing with my yo-yo, and it got out of control, and it wrecked your experiment, and I'm really, really sorry! Go ahead and disown me, 'cause I deserve it!"

Brooke: [chuckles] "Geez, over-exaggerate much, Lincoln."

[Lisa smiles, and hugs Lincoln.]

Lincoln: "I'm confused. You're not mad?

Lisa: "Mad? I'm ecstatic! You proved my hypothesis! Your recklessness was the one variable my rigidly-controlled experiment sorely needed!"

Lincoln: "I'm still confused."

Ashley: "In english please."

Lisa: "I'm saying thank you for being a clumsy doofus. And thanks for admitting what you did."

Lincoln: "I didn't have a choice. [Increasingly fearful] I didn't want you to work at a gas station, or Lynn and Lola to turn to a life of crime, or Lana to live in a bubble, or...or...or..."

Brooke: "The hell are you saying!"

Lisa: "Fascinating. Exposure to my chemicals seems to have damaged his cerebral cortex." [Walks away]

Ashley: "Nah. It was probably just him imagining things."

Lincoln: [sighs; speaks to the twins] "Boy, am I glad that nightmare's over."

[Lincoln hears a bicycle bell ringing from outside; he looks out and sees Lori, and Clyde riding a tandem bike, which is dragging a string of cans and a sign reading "JUST MARRIED"; the sight of this causes Lincoln to scream in horror.]

Brooke: "The hell's up with him?"