The Butterfly Effect: A tiny butterfly flapping it's wings today can lead to a devastating hurricane weeks from now...

On the night of 2 February 2013, in the Blackwood Mountain Lodge that is owned by the Washingtons, located near Blackwood Moutain in Alberta, Canada, a group of friends decide to gather for their annual winter getaway. This group consisted of eight teens along with three others that somewhat live at the lodge. And for their getaway, they decided to have a big celebration with many beverages from soda to beer and wine along with very childish games for drunk guest. Even though it felt kind of like a normal party, to them, it was the best night of their lives.

But what they don't know is that maybe their best night will probably backfire on them. For all we know, there might be a predator lurking in the dark cold shadows of winter. Yet again, only time will tell how events might change for the better. Or the worse...

As the party commence, the teens decide to do whatever they want to their heart's content. The younger one out of all the teens, Max Caulfield, gets her camera ready for a picture as the older teens behind her check themselves to see if everything was okay. If their makeup was on right. If their clothes was tidy up. If everyone was there to share the moment. As all of these were checked off their imaginary list, the brunette calls out for her friends to gather around and pose for the camera, to which they all did in their own way.

The passionate friend, Sam, smiled wide at Max's direction as the 'most attractive', Mike put his arm around her along with his girlfriend and drama queen, Emily, who was also smiling. Next to the three was the friendly Ashley, the second drama queen, Jessica, and the quiet yet protective friend, Matt, to which all three of them smiled as well while being close to one another so they could all fit into the pic. The only ones missing from this group photo was the Washingtons, Josh, Hannah, and Beth. No one knew where the girls were but they all knew that the older boy was too drunk to do anything at the minute. Anything but sleep.

At first, the teens thought the picture might come out looking really bad due to the poor lighting in the dark room, but thanks to the younger teen's way of seeing the positive of things, she told them that it looked like a perfect picture waiting to happen. So without wasting anymore time, they all said cheese before a sudden flashing light blinds them for a split second. After the picture came out wonderfully, Max showed everyone the results of the pic. The majority of them all thought it was great! All except for Emily and Jessica who thought it got their bad side. The photographer would argue about their criticism if she would but right now wasn't the time.

Now was the time for things to come in action.

Ashley and Matt worked their way upstairs to the second floor quietly so no one would notice. And no one did. Especially Max since she was too busy looking at one of her works of art. In her mind, the group photo was astonishing to her unlike the drama queens of the party. She thought of it more like a treasure in the way and told herself she would put this on her wall as a symbol of their friendship. A symbol of this night. A night she will never forget.

Before she could get lost into thought, the sound of low laughter caught her attention. And not just any laughter, no. It sounded like a evil laughter almost but with a mixture of normal laughter too. Either way, it made the brunette question what was going on behind her so she turned to find Mike, Emily, Jessica and Sam crowded in a little circle, whispering to one another. Only then did Max's little mind wonder.

She thought they could be laughing about a show they looked at. Or maybe about a event that happened at the party she didn't catch due to messing with her camera. Or maybe. They were talking about someone? Nah. She knew they would never do such a thing as bully a person. That would be cruel. But what was really cruel was that her mind started to come up with the worse scenarios she's ever thought of. If this kept up, she'll be coming off as the rude one. The only way to stop this was to confront the teens and find out what all the gossip was about.

So, she slowly walked towards them and jumped in the conversation nicely with a quiet, "What are you guys talking about?"

"Oh nothing, nerd," Emily replied with a small dash of venom in her voice. The venom that almost pierced Max's heart before she found a way to maintain herself from yet another insult from the teen. "We're just getting ready for the grand finale of the party."

"Grand finale?"

"Yeah, our friend, Jessica here," She cooed while pointing to her best friend who waved playfully at the young teenager. "Has put on a show for all of us that is going to be a blast. I just still can't believe she actually did it, though." She finished her sentence in surprise out loud which lead the girl to shush her so no one else could get on the big surprise waiting for them. Or at least that's what it felt like to Max, who still had no clue as to what was going on.

"Don't you guys think this is a little bit too cruel," Sam whispered to her friends with a hint of concern and worry in her voice.

"Oh come on, she deserves it," Jessica responded back, only making her young brunette friend more confused as to what or who they were talking about. That was until the conversation continued.

"It is not her fault that she has a huge crush on Mike-."

"Hannah's been making the moves on him. I'm just looking out for my girl Em."

Hannah Washington. The only one out of the teens that has always been thought into thinking she was one of them. One of the cool kids by the popular teens of the party. In Max's eyes, she was just like her except if she focused more on math and reading then photography. The two were still friends though and she was honestly the reason she met the others in the first place. But even though they had the same friends and were similar in many ways, the brunette could honestly tell that these guys were not her and Hannah's friends. Yet, even though she wasn't blind like her bff, she stayed with them because in a way, she found that hanging out with them was almost like hanging out with.

Her.

She guessed it just felt good. Or it kept her on ease or sane from trying to cry every single day. Only she would know why. And only she would defend her friend with Sam.

Soon, the group of mischief and Max made their way to the second floor of the lodge for this so called 'grand finale' or whatever they called it. As they did, Emily blurted out to the others while walking down the hall with a sway in her hip due to the delight of the changes in the night, "Just because he's class Prez, doesn't mean he belongs to everyone... Mike is my man."

"Hey, Em. I'm not anybody's man." Mike countered in his deep toned same voice that wooed the ladies. The same voice that sometimes made the young photographer want to barf.

"Whatever you say, darling~!" With that, the group split up to either see how things will go down or to explore the lodge more. Knowing Max, she decided to search around the place and see if she could get anymore good scenery on her camera. Sam went to go find Hannah and the rest of the teens got ready for the show.

In her mind, the brunette knew that this 'show' would turn the party into a complete and utter disaster. It actually made her the slightest worried about the aftermath. Maybe Josh or Beth will find out about their little tricks and beat them to a bloody pulp. Or maybe they won't be friends anymore due to them being so immature. Either way, it would be pretty cool to see Emily and Jessica plead for mercy. She could picture it now. The tears running down the queens' faces like waterfalls, the stutters in their shaking voices and the sad body language they'll give off to the king of the lodge. The thought alone was enough to make the brunette giggle quietly to herself.

That was until she heard a loud "oh my god" from upstairs. By the sound of it, she could already know who it was. Hannah. Just like she feared, the show went on and she just found out that she was the show. It could only get worse from there. Max dashed up to where the others were to see the outcome of their little trick. And what she found, seemed to have stabbed her heart.

Emily and Jessica had their heads popped out from under the bed of the dark room in surprise. Ashley and Matt popped out of the closet with the boy teen holding a phone up by a selfie stick. And finally, Mike looked at the poor teen with prosperity, interest and bewilderment. All together, it caused Hannah, who had almost taken off her shirt to freeze like a statue in front of everyone. Soon, Sam entered the room to try and calm the scared girl down. But it was no use. She rushed her way out by pushing Max slightly to the side of the door and running straight out of the shelter they had.

"You guys are fucking jerks, you know that?!" Max yelled at them with so much rage before she ran outside to find her best friend in the deep snowy night. Her eyes tried to invert to the darkness of the woods but nothing seemed to help. All she could see was the white powdered ground below her and the black painted trees that surrounded the entire area. There was no way Hannah could be seen through the chaos at this point. So the only thing Max could possibly do now was call out for her best friend.

"Hannah!" She screamed out to the forest which only swayed it's branches back and forth to her call. No response. She almost tried one more time before Beth came out of the lodge with the others and asked in worry,

"What's going on? Where's my sister going?"

"Ugh, it's fine," Jessica responded with a wave of her hand to the air in annoyance. "She just can't take a joke."

"It was just a prank, Han," Emily yelled out in a emotionless way that it caught Hannah's sister's attention in just seconds. She decided to ask yet again before her mind would start to think of sick thoughts as to what happened. "What did you guys do?!"

"We were just messing around, Beth," Mike answered her quietly. "It wasn't serious-," But that answer wasn't enough for the teen to just shrug off what probably had happened. She knew that they all did something really bad to her sister and they were going to pay for it. But until then, all the girl could call them was jerks and chose to put matters into her own hands by going after the victim of the prank as everyone else stood there in complete shock and fear at the change of events.

All except for Mike who asked his friends and Max, "So... Should we go after her."

"Fuck you, Mike!" Max blurted out on the top of her lungs to the male before her eyes stared daggers at the issue. More like the issues, which was everyone except for Sam, who kept trying to see if Hannah was anywhere in sight. "No. Fuck all of you! How could you have done this to Hannah!?"

"Oh, she'll grow out of it-."

"No, you will, bitch!" The brunette cut off Emily as she dropped her jaw at the words she decided to choose for her. Especially from being called a bitch. To anyone else, they would've kept quiet and let her talk. But no. She wanted to counter for the way she was being treated. So she responded in a harsh manner before pushing Max, "Who are you calling bitch, book worm?!"

"You! Hannah actually thought you guys were her friends! And she actually thought Mike liked her! Unlike me. No. I already knew you guys were playing with us like we were your fucking play things! Well, tonight is the last time I'm treated like that! I'm going home!"

"So, your friend is out in the blizzard and you just decide upon yourself to go running to your mom and dad like a baby?!"

"I'd rather be a baby then hang out with immature freaks like you! Oh. And here's your picture, guys! Hope you guys put it into GREAT use!" With that, Max slammed her 'treasure' to the snow and stepped on it fiercely in front of everyone like she was putting out a cigarette. The crunching noise that came from it just couldn't help but make the teens shiver in anger and sadness. Matt and Ashley actually wanted to tell both her and Hannah that they were sorry for their actions. But as for the 'preps', they couldn't say anything but goodbye and good riddance.

That night, Max Caulfield left the Blackwood lodge and her friends for what felt like forever and only prayed that things would get better for the teens later on in the future. That is, until as soon as she went home, she found out that Hannah and Beth went missing after that argument. It should've made her worried. But it only made her think. What if they were right? What if she was just another sick friend of Hannah? What if all she ever cared about was herself this entire time? If she actually cared for her bff, she would try to stop the prank or even comfort her. But she didn't. And in her book, it only made her worst then the others combined. It only made her think that she was the bigger bully.

Either way, now the brunette tries to forget that day ever happened. Forget she ever went to the lodge. Forget she ever left Hannah. Forget she ever met those sick teens. But still, with all her might. She could still remember the horrible moments as they keep haunting her dreams some nights. As she could still hear Emily blame her for what happened.

As she can still hear Hannah question her one and only friend,

"Why did you leave me?..."

And all Max can say to her is a quiet and broken,

"I'm sorry..."