Double Helix and The Rose of Eternity

by CaptainExtremis

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Anthro, Romance, Adventure
Length: 243

The discovery of an ancient flower with almost limitless use becomes the center of a series of experiments on living ponies conducted by Dr. Cabeleron.

The Rose of Eternity is legend. In ancient times, it was said to be the source of all medicine, and ponies from miles around would come to it ailing and leave cured. Over the ages, however, its location had been lost to the sands of time.

The keyword is "had."

After an expedition in the Tebitean mountains, the forces of Ahuizotl have rediscovered a lost artifact (through nothing but sheer luck). Now, Dr. Caballeron is researching the Rose…and learning it can do even more than simply heal ponies. It can…change them.

Their first successful experiment?

A black stallion by the codename "Double Helix."

His job?

Get the one thing that could stop Ahuizotl out of the way…fight Daring Do to the death.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-11 22:00:21 UTC

Prologue: The Press Confrence

"As Double Helix stood in the center of the bare circular room, he was under constant surveillance by the doctor. He never took his eyes off him, even when he went around his back.

'So,' he sneered gleefully, 'are you ready for this?'

He stayed his ground in that cold, metallic chamber. Helix didn't dare move a muscle and when he finally said, 'Yes,' he wished he knew what would happen to him."

An excited reporter raised his hand, and the author of the latest hot-seller, "The Rose of Eternity," Magnum Opus, turned his attention to him. The young journalist held up his pen and notepad and asked, "One more question: lately there have been rumors that you had collaborated with acclaimed author, A.K. Yearling, to make this book. Is that true?"

Magnum only smiled and replied simply, "Yes. Yes I did."

Upon hearing this the crowd went wild, with a few outcries of "I told you so!" Magnum bowed and walked back behind the royal red curtain of the tri-annual Author's Expo of Manehattan. He grabbed his copy of The Rose of Eternity he had left on an end table. The cover had a stallion with a black coat, tan mane, and golden eyes holding up a rose to eye level, staring at the reader.

Magnum removed his slouch revealing the exact same mane and eyes as the pony on the cover.

"Oh, if you only knew..."