Forgotten But Never Gone part 15

Part 15 is here. I doubt I'll finish this but I can at least include my plans for the Vsauce thing.

**December 21, 2017**

*Star's POV*

It is currently my turn to be on one of the Tadashi computers along with Cake. As I check many of my favorite YouTube channels, I notice that Vsauce uploaded a video yesterday with a title indicating he will quit YouTube. I decide to watch the video and it turns out that in four months, he and Vi Hart, another YouTuber I watch, will go through a transformation and transform into something entirely different. Vsauce keeps his new form a secret but whatever it is, the transformation will be permanent.

It seems that Rapunza is also interested in the video, as I notice her sitting behind me.

"So, Vsauce will be transforming this April?" Rapunza says. "And on my birthday."

"That's just a coincidence," I say. "I mean, there are like 20 million people having a birthday every day... well, except leap days. For all we know, the day may have been chosen because it's the meme number. 420. Or maybe the date is completely irrelevant to anything."

"Anyway, can we go watch the experiment?" Rapunza asks. "I know Vsauce wants to keep his new identity a secret, but we're invisible to him and anyone around him. Nobody involved will see us."

"We don't even know where the experiment is," Cake reminds us. "Yes, we've had incredible luck finding things in the past few months. We managed to find each other mostly by coincidence. But Vsauce has nothing to do with Meependale or whatever. I doubt we'll be able to locate the experiment."

Suddenly, I hear voices. They are not the voices of any of the meepers, nor do they come from either of the Tadashi computers.

"Who's there?" Snow says. The voices continue as before, not reacting to Snow at all.

"Looks like people have entered the building," Snow says.

"But who wants to come here?" Rapunza asks. "This house has been abandoned for decades!"

"That's probably why," Snow explains. "They want to tear down this building since nobody lives here anyway. And there's nothing we can do to inform them that we want to keep the building this way."

"We can if we put the internet connection back," Itten says. "Then we can figure out how to contact one of the people by spying on them. And when we do, we can scare them into leaving or something."

"No," Snow responds. "We've already contacted people enough. We will have to find a new home if whatever happens becomes too much of an annoyance. For now, we could listen to what the people have to say. That will give us an idea what they're planning to do."

"What about this room?" I hear someone ask. It is not a voice I recognize.

The door we are in opens. The first two people to walk in are two men wearing some sort of work uniforms, possibly construction workers. Behind them there are two other people, a man and woman in more casual clothing.

"This could be a good bedroom for your daughter," one of the construction workers say. "Of course, I still think it would be best if she herself came to check the house."

"Our daughter doesn't care about that," the woman says. "She only wants to be on her phone or computer all day. Just like the typical teenager. We asked her to come and she said no."

"I understand," the other construction worker says. "Anyway, we expect the renovations will take around 3 months. 4 months at most."

"If you manage to finish it by April 20, that would be great," the man in casual clothing says. "Sabrina's birthday is on that day. We want to hold a surprise party for her the day we move in."

"Wait, her name is Sabrina?" Rapunza says in surprise. "And her birthday is on April 20! Is it Tay?"

"There could be other American teenagers named Sabrina with that birthday," Snow points out. "We don't even know for sure that Sabrina really is Tay's real name."

"Oh, come on, Snow. With our crazy coincidence luck, it has to be Tay," Eclipsa says.

"Not necessarily," DBee points out. "Think about it this way. If there is an infinite number of alternate realities then there must be some universe where every coin flip ever so far, by pure random chance, has landed on heads. But even in that universe, there is still a 50/50 chance that the next coin flip lands on tails. And the coincidences we've experienced so far are far more probable than every coin flip ever landing on heads."

"I still think it's Tay," Rapunza says. "But it's weird to think about it. Tay living in the exact same house where I used to live in the past. Without knowing it, of course. I'd get to see her do homework every day. It still feels like spying... someone who used to be my best friend even though it was never meant to be. But most of all, I'm worried for her safety..."

"You mean because you think something will happen?" Snow asks.

"In the past few months, almost all the meepers have joined us," Rapunza explains. "All except Tay and G3. And I guess Chengsha but we never talked that much. And it just so happens that Tay is probably moving to the exact house we're in. I'm worried that something might happen that..."

Suddenly, we hear another voice. "Hey, Vsauce, Michael here. Am I interrupting?"

"It's Vsauce?" I ask in surprise. "I didn't know he was involved in this whole house renovation."

"I was looking for two of my friends and I heard he was moving to a new house," Vsauce explains. "I was just... saying goodbye to them before the transfiguration. I'd like to say a few words in private, if that is okay." The two construction workers leave the room.

"As you already know, I will be living with you after the experiment is done," Vsauce says. "Do you know if renovations will be ready by then?" Wait, Vsauce is living with them?

"Probably yes," the man says. "We heard the estimated time is about three months."

"Good," Vsauce says. "After all, the people in your old home will think something suspicious is going on if they suddenly see you with a child. Of course, this is all assuming the experiment will go right. Remember, even though the scientists are doing their best to make sure the transformation is successful, there is still a chance it will go wrong. In that case, you will still be moving here, but without a daughter."

"In that case," the woman says sadly, "we'll have to say that our daughter... died in a tragic accident just moments before she could move here."

"Anyway, I just wanted to make sure everything was going as planned," Vsauce says. "Let's hope the experiment is a success. I will continue preparations with the scientists. So, see you on April 20."

"So, it is Tay," Rapunza says but quickly hesitates. "I mean, I guess I think it's still probably Tay. We didn't gain any new information one way or the other from what just happened."

"You know something, don't you?" Absol asks Rapunza.

"Fine," Rapunza admits. "Yes, I know Tay is really Vsauce. She, or I guess he, I don't know at this point, told me some time ago. Tay said I shouldn't tell anyone, that the experiment is top secret. But I guess since you're all forgotten like me anyway, there's no harm in telling you."

"So, all this time, Tay has been some 30-year-old man pretending to be a young girl on the internet!" Tap says angrily. "Maybe it's a good thing we left her alone on the MSP Wiki."

"To be fair, I'm also hundreds of years old," DBee says. "Rapunza and Snow are about 90 years old."

"Yes, but that's different," Tap says. "You're... you're forgotten. You haven't aged since... since you died."

"And Tay will revert back to age 14 when the experiment is done, assuming it succeeds," Rapunza says.

"It's still different," Tap says. "Turning back to underage. That is..."

"Now, let's not argue about whether the transformation is right or wrong," Snow says. "Now maybe we should think about where we want to stay after the renovations are complete."

"Let's stay here," Rapunza suggests. "At least for now. We can choose to move later if staying in the same house as a family gets too uncomfortable."

"If that happens, or even if it doesn't, we can go travel around the world," Cake suggests. "After all, with our invisibility, we can get on any airplanes or ships for free. And we don't have to worry too much about accidents either since we're basically invincible."

For now, we decide to stay at the house, even with the new inhabitants moving in. Other than the new people showing up, everything continues the same way it did before. We alternate on the two laptops and ET falls into a coma every few days. We also inform others in the group if we find out any news we think are important.

**April 20, 2018**

*Vi Hart's POV*

It is finally the day of the experiment. Today, Michael Stevens and I will be the first people in history to go through the human transfiguration experiment. Michael will be turning into a 14-year-old girl named Sabrina. I however, will turn into something far less normal. I will turn into an entirely new species, but if everything goes well, I should be able to keep all my current skills, memories and personality.

Unlike Michael, who will start a new life as Sabrina, I plan to continue using my YouTube channel, though not that frequently. Of course, there is always the chance the experiment goes wrong. I've made sure my channel will still have annual Pi Day videos by scheduling videos for future Pi Days. For example, one about missing digits for 2019 or one about having a large Pi Day gathering for 2020.

It is time for us to get into the machine. Although we enter at the same time and our transformations partially overlap, Michael's transformation is set to be done first. As the machine activates, I see bright lights around me. I can no longer see Michael or the other scientists. This is it. My final moments as a human before I transform.

Suddenly, I hear some sort of explosion and the lights disappear. I have not transformed.

"The experiment was a failure," one of the scientists informs me. "We were unable to transform Vi Hart. Luckily, there appear to be no injuries."

"What about Michael?" I ask.

"Who's Michael?" the scientist asks. How could he not know?

"Michael Stevens," I explain. "Vsauce. You know, the other person in this experiment."

"There was only one person in this experiment, and that was you," the scientist tells me. The other scientists in the room seem to agree.

"But I could have sworn Vsauce was with me in this experiment!" I insist. "After all, he was the one turning into another human."

"You were the only YouTuber to volunteer for this experiment," a scientist tells me. "And I have never even heard of this Vsauce."

"Vsauce has millions of subscribers! Look it up," I say as I try to get on a device connected to the internet as quickly as possible. One of the scientists lets me use their phone, which has the YouTube app. I go to YouTube search and type "vsauce" but can't find anything related to Vsauce.

"I think this might be a side effect of the experiment," a scientist says. "It makes you remember things that didn't happen. Although now that I think about it, a person named Michael Stevens running a channel called Vsauce sounds somewhat familiar."