Sensitivity to Initial Conditions by giselle-lx

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5689066/1/Sensitivity_to_Initial_Conditions
http://twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=10180

Official Description: Sensitivity to Initial Conditions–chaos theory : “An arbitrarily small perturbation of the current trajectory may lead to significantly different future behavior.” Pre-Twilight AU. NO canon pairings. One-shot.

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sleepyvalentina says: Giselle-lx attempts to answer the question about what’s left in her oneshot, Sensitivity to Initial Conditions. In eight poignant scenes, she shows us what could have happened if Carlisle’s split-second decision to change Edward went the other way, thereby altering the paths of the living, the dead and the undead. The narration is direct and almost cold as it guides us through a true alternate universe, yet the prose itself is laden with emotion:

The groundskeeper turns back to his shears, and allows himself to wonder if after ninety-one years the body of MASEN, EDWARD ANTHONY II has at last turned to earth. Humming a little, he begins to trim the onion grass away from the weathered marble.

By the end of the story, it’s difficult not to feel a bit philosophical about the significance of a single action—both in fiction and in life. After all, had Carlisle not changed Edward, there would have been no Twilight series.

And none of us would be here.