History Fanfic / Pandemic

* CatchPhrase: Agent Heller’s “I’ll take this under advisement” or some variation of the same.

* FiveManBand: There are two examples of this trope in this story.
** Laura’s Family resembles this trope quite nicely
*** TheHero: Laura, one of the two protagonists [[spoiler: who ends up turning into a pegasus.]]
*** TheLancer: Jenny, one of the three deuteragonists [[spoiler: who ends up temporarily turning into an earth pony.]]
*** TheSmartGuy: Bob, the family geek [[spoiler: who ends up turning into a unicorn.]]
*** TheBigGuy: Harold, the father, and an outdoor type of guy [[spoiler: who ends up turning into an earth pony.]]
*** TheChick: Sarah, the mother, and an archaeologist [[spoiler: who ends up turning into a unicorn.]]
*** SixthRanger: Both Eileen and Sunny qualify with the former being Sarah’s sister and Bob’s biological mother who forces her way into town during the quarantine despite being very sick while the latter ends up becoming something of [[ParentalSubstitute a second mother]] to Laura.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Sunny however is really [[BigBadFriend Sun]][[AffablyEvil set]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist Shim]][[MadScientist mer]] who is responsible for practically all the hardships this family has had to deal with over the last 9 years including both the transformations and the huge storm that nearly killed Laura and Jenny when they were young and left them both traumatised for nearly a decade.]]
** [[spoiler: When Twilight and Starlight start working with the humans, the group starts to resemble this trope.]]
*** TheHero: [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship and co-protagonist who wants to stop her deluded aunt [[BigBad Sunset]].]]
*** TheLancer: [[spoiler: Starlight Glimmer, a reformed villain and Twilight’s personal student who is mostly just along for the ride.]]
*** TheBigGuy: [[spoiler: Agent Anthony Heller, the very cynical FBI agent in charge of the criminal investigation into the crisis.]]
*** TheChick: [[spoiler: Dr. Sandra Marlowe, the head of the medical side of the crisis from the Colorado Department of Health.]]
*** TheHeart: [[spoiler: Dr. Kevin Conner, Lazy Pines' local physician who is one of the few immune to transformation.]]
*** TheSmartGuy: [[spoiler: Everyone sort of juggles this role depending on the topic: Twilight and Starlight are experts on magic and all things related to Equestria while the other three know all about Earth and more specifically Agent Heller is an expert on criminal investigation and U.S. law while both Kevin and Sandra are human medical professionals.]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: The majority fan opinion, based on comments from the sequel, courtesy of the inclusion of [[spoiler: the dreamwardens]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[spoiler: The Dreamwardens. Seriously, read the comments on any chapter containing them. ]]
* ContinuityLockout: Courtesy of several important, but less-read, side stories. This became a problem with certain plots.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: In addition to the Canon Characters such as Twilight, Starlight and [[spoiler: [[BigBad Sunset]]]], this story has a very large number of named OCs.

* TheProtagonist: Due to the [[RotatingArcs way this story is written]] we have two Twilight Sparkle and Laura Tanner, the later of whom fits despite the large EnsembleCast and the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters as half the story mostly revolves around her and her family with Laura getting the most focus.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* AdultFear
** Sarah and Harry witness their daughter, [[spoiler: and later the rest of the family including themselves]] go through a bizarre, unknown disease no one can provide treatment or even an explanation for, even as it tears apart their lives with effects that ma be irreversible. Dr. Kevin Connor went through something similar, witnessing his wife die of cancer, which is what motivates him to try and find a cure for the transformation virus.
** [[spoiler: Twilight and her family witness their relative, Sunset, become a horrific villain. Twilight herself is conflicted about her feelings toward Sunset, being appalled by what she is doing while still loving her and fears what will happen to her once human authorities get to her.]]
** [[spoiler: Derpy was originally a young female griffin who got kidnapped from her parents by Sunset, and was subjected to her twisted experiment, turned into a different form. That would make anybody fear for their children.]]
** [[spoiler: Sarah eventually learns that her daughter Laura has become good friends with a MadScientist and bioterrorist bent on transforming all of humanity into ponies and thanks to the FBI can't so much as warn her daughter about the potential danger and what's worse by this point Laura has started to view said MadScientist as something of a [[ParentalSubstitute second mother]] and then there is the possibility that Laura may continue to look up to the bioterrorist even after learning the truth about her and Sarah is all to aware that there is nothing she can do about it.]]

* DreamWorld: Formed from the consciousness of all magical beings, including [[spoiler: any humans with any exposure to the ETS virus]], but where entire sentient beings, as well as knowledge, can reside.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: The U.S. Government does not negotiate with terrorists so when Sunset who is viewed as such tries just that she ends up getting KilledOffForReal though [[BatmanGambit she really used this fact to pull a]] [[SuicideByCop Suicide By Solder]].]]

* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/428206/pandemic-dreamers Dreamers]]

* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/428525/pandemic-departures Departures]]

!!Pandemic: Dreamers

* WelcomeEpisode: To it's sequel, departures.

!!Pandemic: Departures
After travelling around the American Southwest, seeing human wariness, isolationist hydroponics farms and a cult in the Grand Canyon, the Dreamers begin building an Oasis in the Desert, where ponies and humans can build a better future. Complete.

* ActualPacifist: Most of the ponies are this, aside from some night ponies. Unusually for a pegasus, tinker averts this, inventing pony-compatible self-defense weapons.

* {{Adorkable}}: Starlight's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d opinion of Twilight's foalhood journal entries in chapter 22.

* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: [[spoiler: This is what Sunset is to Twilight in this story, [[WellIntentionedExtremist albeit not by intention]]. Sunset and Twilight were very close when Twilight was a filly, but her desire to forcibly transform an entire species turns them against each other, however it's slightly {{Downplayed}} as mentioned above Sunset is more [[WellIntentionedExtremist legitimately insane then truly evil]].]]

Pandemic is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/ASGeek2012 ASGeek2012]], and now has a sequel.

* GrayAndBlackMorality: What is justice, and who should be dispensing it? And how, and when?

* CerebusSyndrome: The first story wasn't exactly full of humor, but this one includes shades of GrayAndBlackMorality and has a darker overall storyline, along with the slice of life elements.

!!Pandemic: Desert Gateway

[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/359176/pandemic Pandemic]]
[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/415320/pandemic-aftermath Pandemic: Aftermath]]

The universe as a whole is about gaining new powers, which are being built up to fight the world-eating Devourers. This is told through many smaller stories, however.

Now complete, the story can be found [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/359176/pandemic here]].

Pandemic: Aftermath takes place six months later, with everyone trying to adjust to the new world. However, humans are beginning to develop magic themselves, while human and pony separatist groups vie for power. Worse yet, there appears to be a conspiracy in the FBI, opposed by a mysterious council of Night Ponies. It is complete.

Pandemic is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/ASGeek2012 ASGeek2012]]. This story is followed up by its sequel, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/415320/pandemic-aftermath Pandemic: Aftermath]].