Now that's a hero
Living Mark of Courage
is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic story by Moowell.
After an experiment trying to get inter-dimensional connectivity, Apple Bloom becomes a new hero holding the Triforce of Courage. This is her adventure.
Part 1 is complete and divided into the following arcs:
Part 2 is in progress and has the following arcs:
The Hive - Current
Tropes featured in this story:
- Adaptational Villainy: In canon, Filthy Rich is a reasonable friend of Granny Smith. Here, he is a Lex Luthor Expy.
- Alas, Poor Villain: The diamond dogs when Fido dies.
- Attack Its Weak Point: As in The Legend of Zelda Epona fight with the bosses
- Cerberus: The weak point is in his paws
- Ebony: The weak point is the crystal in her back
- Bag of Spilling: After saving Apple Bloom's life, Courage could only transfer part of its power to Apple Bloom
- Because You Were Nice to Me: How Epona and Mirror Child become friends.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Epona is a nice filly, but attack one of her friends and you will regret it.
- Berserk Button: Epona doesn't like bullies.
- Boss Subtitles: Following The Legend of Zelda tradition, the bosses that Epona fights had subtitles
- Cerberus: Three-Headed Beast
- Ebony: Stygian Alicorn
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Ivory becomes Ebony after being forced to drink a potion.
- Crossover: Between My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and The Legend of Zelda
- Degraded Boss: Cerberus was the boss of the first dungeon in the second dungeon it was a miniboss at best
- Exposition Fairy: Wisp Explains a lot of the tools and weapons to Epona
- Forced Transformation: Fluttershy is transformed in a tree by poison joke.
- Hammerspace: Epona has one for her tools and weapons, Pinkie Pie got access to it and stole some of her weapons.
- He Who Fights Monsters: Epona was heading this way From beating bullies, to killing her enemies, to killing brainwashed innocents.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Epona forgot that she was Apple Bloom.
- Little Miss Badass: Epona has fought Diamond dogs, Manticores, Evil Alicorns and three headed beasts, and she still is a filly.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Mirror Child can transform into a wolf and enjoys hunting.
- Sadistic Choice: The mane six had to choose Apple Bloom's life or the Elements of Harmony.
- Tennis Boss: Epona does this in her battle against Ebony.
- Wham Episode: Chapter 28, Battle for Kindness Pinkie Pie fights Epona and reveals to her that she was Apple Bloom.
