Happy New Year, PPC!
Sorry to put two posts on the front page, but I just finished reading an awesome fic, so in the spirit of ringing in the New Year well, why not start a goodfic thread?

Here's the fic:Courage by Scion

Loyalty; Generosity; Laughter; Honesty; Kindness; Magic;
These are the pillars upon which Equestrian society stands. Upon these principles, Harmony is maintained, and civilization flourishes.

But there are other magics in this world. Intelligent life requires three things:
Wisdom, to decide upon an action.
Courage, to go through with the action.
Power, to carry out the action.

An individual with Wisdom, Courage, and Power... can change the world.

Evil unlike any Equestria has ever seen has come to the Everfree, and through proximity, Ponyville. The Mane 6 must attempt to overcome the darkness they are faced with; it will not be easy.

But they will not face such evil alone.

The Hero has come.

A Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess and MLP crossover.

Exactly what it says on the tin. This story treats Equestria as an extra Twilight Princess province, which Link accesses via a portal in the Everfree. I could sing its praises, but someone else in the comments said all that is needed to be said. I'll repost the relevant non-spoilery bits here:

"This story is easily my favorite Legend of Zelda crossover on the sight (though I admittedly haven't read many) and one of my favorite crossovers over all.

The big thing that you did right, that I have seen a-lot of people fail on especially in more action oriented stories such as this one, is a loss of agency on one side of the crossover or the other. To many times it feels like one side of the story has all of the answers and does all of the work to save the day. This never happened here.

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The presentation of Equestria as a separate area to explore akin to those already in the game was well done via the access through the forests near Ordon, bringing to mind for me at least how Link got to Termina in Majora's Mask.

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Moving on to the characters. Dear god the characters. You got the characterization of everyone spot on. Even the background ponies and the diamond dogs felt fleshed out. And then there was Epona. Wow was that awesome."

So if you're a fan of Zelda or MLP (or both), give it a read!