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The Last of Us Series is a series of Fusion Fics between Once Upon a Time and The Last of Us.

The Last of Us (AU), the first story, follows Emma Swan, who, after a Zombie apocalypse takes over the world and her pregnant girlfriend is killed, becomes a famous smuggler. When a job goes wrong, Emma finds herself forced to escort the immune Regina across the country to find the Fireflies in the hope of finding a cure. Along the way, the two find themselves growing close as they battle bandits, soldiers, and cannibals.

Its sequel, The Last of Us Part II, follows Emma and Regina as they battle a militia led by Killian after militia kills Emma's brother, Graham.

They were written by emmasyellowbug with part one first being published on July 4th, 2020 and Part II being published on September 2nd, 2022. Only 4 chapters of Part II were released and it has not been updated since March 17th, 2023.


Contains examples of:

  • Adaptational Villainy: Due to being combined with David, Robin is reimagined here as a sadistic cannibal and rapist rather than the Nice Guy that he is in canon.
  • Age Lift: Regina fulfills Ellie's role, but while Ellie was a teenager, Regina is a fully grown adult.
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg:
    • When Emma and Ruby corner Robert, he instantly begs for his life and tries to bargain with her.
    • When Emma slaughters her way through the Fireflies, several of them plead for their lives and even Mal, their leader, is reduced to begging when it is clear that Emma can't be talked down.
  • Attempted Rape: Robin attempts to rape Regina when he catches her and it is strongly hinted that he has done this to other women.
  • Bad Boss: Robin cares nothing about his men, with their deaths only evoking annoyance or indifference in him. He also nearly strangles his right-hand man to death and sends his men into a blizzard without caring about their safety.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: When Regina first meets Robin, he at first seems like a kind and reasonable guy, but quickly reveals himself to be a cannibal and rapist who grows obsessed with Regina.
  • Everyone Can See It: Everyone that Emma and Regina meet instantly realize that the two have the hots for each other and regularly comment on it.
  • Fusion Fic: These stories are a retelling of The Last of Us games but using Once Upon a Time characters.
  • I'm a Humanitarian: Robin is the leader of a group of cannibals and regularly has his men go out looking for any survivors to eat.
  • My Greatest Failure: Emma letting her pregnant girlfriend get killed is something that haunts her throughout the story.
  • One-Woman Army: Emma is able to go through entire heavily-armed groups on her own, most notably her slaughtering all of the Fireflies to save Regina.
  • Promoted to Love Interest: Regina fulfills the role of Ellie but is aged up and made into Emma's (who stands in for Joel) love interest instead of the father-daughter relationship their game counterparts had.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Emma slaughters her way through all of the Fireflies after finding out that they were planning on killing her to make the cure.
  • Second Love: Regina becomes Emma's love interest years after Emma's girlfriend, Lily, is killed.
  • Spared By Adaptation: Per Word of God, Emma is going to survive Part II, unlike her game counterpart Joel, who died early on.
  • Violently Protective Girlfriend: Emma becomes super protective of Regina once they become romantically involved, and even slaughters both a group of cannibals and the Fireflies to save her.

Alternative Title(s): The Last Of Us AU

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