Butterfly Effect (Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc x Male OC)

Prologue - Advent of Despair

"Hope's Peak Academy," I muttered to myself. "An academic institution that brings with it the best of the best when it comes to every form of study imaginable."

My eyes swept over the campus with hidden delight. "Heh, it's even more imposing than I anticipated. But I guess that's to be expected with the sheer amount of Talent that's walked in and out of these walls."

I readjusted the shoulder strap of my bag and rubbed my hands together. "Ah, I can't wait to meet everyone and see how incredible they all are. New life, new me!" With a wide smile and the excitement of a toddler, I pushed open the door.

I chuckled to myself, taking a step forward into a brand new-

-Suddenly, everything around me slowly began to warp. Colors and shapes began to twist and blend together to form something indiscernible.

It felt like the entirety of my body was being pulled down by an invisible anchor.

A confused gasp left my lips, an all-too-familiar pounding sensation drilling itself into my brain as I struggled to stay upright. "W-what is... t-this...?"

The unmistakable image of the floor loomed closer and closer even as I dug my heels into the floor and tried to prevent myself from passing out.

But it was all for naught.

I couldn't do anything about it. Not a single thing. Fear gripped my heart with an ice-cold vice, my eyelids drooping despite my internal protests...

A moment later, my vain struggle ceased itself and everything faded to darkness.

~~[Butterfly Effect]~~

With a start, I jolted awake, nearly slamming my head onto the floor.

"W-what happened...?" I mumbled, eyes widening as my brain processed what had happened to me.

Did I pass out? It sure as hell felt like it. But if so, how and why? I didn't feel tired before going inside Hope's Peak. I felt ready to take on the world, if I had to be honest.

Certainly wished that feeling stayed, instead of the lingering thoughts of trepidation running throughout the mind at the moment.

Breathing in and out for a few seconds, I planted my hands onto the floor and pushed myself up onto my feet. My eyes flitted through what I assumed to be the classroom I had been sleeping in before stopping on one peculiar thing.

The windows had metal-plating barricading them. All the ones I could see. Aka, every single window in the classroom. Not to mention the security cameras that were in the corner of the room, barely out of sight and out of mind.

Those were just plain unnerving.

I knew that this was a government funded private institution, but seriously? Were metal-plated windows so necessary here? The same goes for the security cameras. The most talented and skilled students attend Hope's Peak Academy, all of which are rarely matched in their respective fields by non-Ultimates. What would even necessitate such precautions anyway?

I shook myself free of those thoughts and went over to one of the windows. With a frown, I lightly knocked the back of my knuckle onto the metal plating. Tapping noises echoed throughout the room as I repeatedly hit the metal to test a little mental theory of mine.

'Interesting. Reinforced metal plating? They really went all-out with this, huh? I can't tell what type of metal it exactly is, though one thing for sure is that it'd take a lot of force to pry them off. Something I can't do-at least not without some preparation to gather the necessary equipment.'