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Dragons' Heartstrings is a fan fic in soap opera form, based on Harry's life after Hogwarts. Packed with Gred and Forge style humor, random jokes, and satire, Dragons' Heartstrings pokes fun at the dramatic quality of soap operas as well as the far-fetched ideas of some other Harry Potter fan fictions.

Severus Snape is dead, brutally murdered and the only person who could have killed him is his lover, Hermione Granger. She found him dead and it has cost her sanity, for even she doesn't know if she killed him or not. Told from Hermione's POV, very dark.

Many pilots during the Second World War claimed they owed their lives to gremlins – small creatures living in and taking care of their planes’ engines. These unseen and unheard great heroes saved nobody knows how many lives of their Masters. Here is a true story of one such “gremlin”, whose mission followed in the steps of the most famous Hogwarts Headmaster...

"He watched it bleed its color day by day and remembers that once, his world hadn't been so blank." The Dementors took many things from Sirius.

Hermione Granger, once the youngest minister for magic, is now a \'to be caught dead or alive\' fugitive, thanks to her overintelligent brain. Aurors are looking for her madly, and who else could capture her better than her best friend?

"I’m seventeen and I’m crazy." Luna Lovegood muses on birthdays, Them, and relative insanity. One-shot.

Ron isn't happy with himself, and he hates it. When tragedy befalls the Weasley family, it's up to a greiving werewolf to save Ron and give them both a final chance at happiness.

AU. A fishing boat drifts into a dragon preserve off the coast of Alaska. This is a story of what might transpire.

He stared at the tombstone. It blended in amongst all the others; there was nothing special about it. Nothing to set it apart as the tombstone of the Boy Who Lived, who wasn’t so much alive anymore as he was dead and buried. First of the End Of World oneshots.

We all know what happened with Harry and company after Sirius fell in his battle with Bellatrix in the Death Chamber, but what did Sirius encounter beyond that mysterious veil? Here’s my take on it...

"His lycanthropy was a curse, not a part of him. If it was placed upon him, surely it could be taken off. I had to find a cure. I would devote my whole life to finding a cure if I had to." ``Lily desperately contemplates why Remus would end their relationship...

It had been alright in the end. Perhaps it was better this way, after all, with Ron and Hermione like sheer myths to him. Perhaps it was better to see his life with them as a fairy tale story that one day the reader had stopped reading. Perhaps it was better that though the first to die, the innocents would not be the last. Harry was prepared for this day, hour, very moment. Inspired by the song "We're Forgiven". H/Hr

"He hasn't gone after me. I don't think he needs to. The wolf will kill me one day. He's sure of it. He's very sure of it."

Draco Malfoy and Cho Chang are both a little lost. And it takes them to find each other to find themselves again. A love story, of sorts, that spans from the beginning of HBP to...well, forever.

The fire was dancing in front of her eyes, projecting its sparkling light over everything in the room. Through the window, she was able to see the raindrops spattering the landscape. Her eyes filled with tears as she stared ahead of her, though she was not really seeing.

A little one-shot of how life is, from Pansy Parkinson's point of view, and the role sour oranges have in her life. Angst-ridden but nothing particularly explicit. Self-injury implied. Pansy/Draco.

I hate you so much for leaving that day. For flying off into open sky without even a look back. Leaving me crying my heart – no, my soul – out to Ron because he was the only one who could keep me still. (H/Hr - sequel to Leaving Forever)

"Harry has a girlfriend," Remus says in a hushed voice, but Harry can still hear him from the bottom of the stairs. He shouldn't eavesdrop, but it's about him, so he has a right to know what they're saying. Remus/Sirius. AU. One-shot.

Every night I felt your presence. Your cool breath on my neck, your soft whispers in my ear. And your touch. Fingertips grazing my skin, making me shudder in despair because I knew I couldn’t stop them. I always gave in to them.

For one to be pureblooded and to leave one's family for the sake of goodness is not an easy thing to do. One war for Isadora Roquelaure was difficult enough to live through, but now, what about the second, with the past repeating itself? To be Slytherin does not necessarily mean to devoid of goodness, and it can take a lifetime to prove it.

Beware, you who fight evil, lest you fall into darkness. Beware, you who invite the abyss into your heart. Ginny. Lucius. Harry. Guard your soul. (Warning: graphic torture)

Do not stand at my grave and weep / I am not there, I do not sleep / Do not stand at my grave and cry / I am not there; I did not die.``The death of a rival marks the end of hate.

What is this light that hurts my eyes? Is it the end, finally? No, obviously, no. It’s the day, the sun is risen, and another agony begins. Wake up, my sinner, wake up and smile.

"'…I hope you realize I can’t be there for you like he is…”````Those words keep ringing through my head over and over again. I know he couldn’t have been able to tell, but he’s crushed me with those very words. It isn’t just those words, though; I know it’s not. I remember his exact tone of voice. It was hollow, empty, and unfeeling—so different from the one he used before luring me into his lusty trap. Typical Slytherin…"````Harry contemplates the past night's events with extreme regret--and now he has to figure out a way to tell Ron. ````Slash. Harry/Draco, Harry/Ron.

Gregory Goyle makes a midnight visit to the Gryffindor tower, only he bumps into Dumbledore on the way. Non slash, sweet story. Goyle/Gryffindor girl of your choice

Sonfic to Usher's "Confessions Part II." Draco cheats on Ginny and now he has to tell her. One-shot.

Harry has seen blurs of color for a long time but now finally he can see them clearly. Along with the images, he feels something. What is it? Harry doesn’t even know. He hears sounds and on top of his growing unease, he know that something is very wrong....

Post OotP Songfic. Remus visits Sirius' grave on a weekly basis. Weeks after Sirius' death, Remus is still grieving.

George's birthday is never truly happy. Will this year be any different?

Every day is a struggle and her resolve is slowly being destroyed. Can she survive her own hell?

Ginny Weasley reflects on her relationship with Ron, and why it's always been so hard.

"I've been there since the beginning. From the times when I sat there, faithfully upon his head, to times when I sat faithfully upon his shelf. I have seen horrors of which many have yet to dream of, let alone experience, although I have no eyes, as such. "

A sixteen-year-old, red-haired girl drinks a coffee at King's Cross. Mystery. Part of the "Fifteen Minutes in London"-series.

"/In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below./" ~John McCrae, /In Flanders' Fields/

'It was the noise that was missing. The voices of her family.' Ginny finds herself alone in her dormitory.

Harry’s in deep trouble. He’s also in Hull. Factor in an evil, fuming faction, a nemesis, and some Ancient Greek Thugs and you’ve got yourself a fic. A completely irreverent jokelette about villains, creeping around, and sexual tension that could (loosely) be called a ‘thriller’ but really, you’d have to be mad. [H/D]

Ginny is tired of being the good girl.

Dreams. By day Snape can sneer at them and push them to the back of his mind. But as he well knows its not so simple to keep such an iron control of the subconscious at night. Unease can become fear, dreams can become nightmares...

After the long, trying night Harry had at the Ministry -- and then with Dumbledore -- he lies in bed and thinks of everything that's happened so far and what it all means. (OotP spoilers)

Sirius struggles to keep his sanity in Azkaban, but one group of memories in particular wears away at him. Will he win, or will the Dementors break him?

Remus deals with the memories of his relationship with Sirius. Songfic using Memories from Cats Musical. Spans Marauder Era through end of OotP.

Why is Petunia Dursley so... well... Dursleyish? Why does she hate the magical word, and prtend that she never even had a sister? Well, once she was a child, you see. And children have dreams... "Petunia wanted magic more than anything in the world, she dreamed of it and she ached for it, for the magic and for the brave, beautiful characters who wielded it in her books and her imagination."

From the road, the Burrow looks the same as ever to Percy. Set after OotP.

Huge OoTP spoiler. Harry misses Sirius. He pays him a visit beyond the veil.

Remus had once had it all. Then he had lost it. So he falls into the depths of the past. Perhaps they shouldn't have, but they did, and time does not stop for those who miss their rides. Recommended listening - Resting Here With Me by Dido. Slight slashy undertones that aren't even there if you don't look for them.

Most believe our destinies are what we make them... but some believe theirs were set in stone long ago. (The events that led Bellatrix to live the life she has.)

This is the sequel to Salvation. its pretty much just Draco's view of the story and what he was feeling.

Remus grieves, and Harry forgives.``Rated only for brief language and angst.

Everyones favourite fanfiction authors Siofra the Elf and Gwendolyn James, along with their friends, have been dragged into the past to relive one of their favourite scenes from the Harry Potter movies. Hilarity and craziness ensues as the time draws ever closer...

Andromeda has always been Regulus' favorite cousin.

Remus wakes up with Sirius.````"In the morning he woke up and it wasn't real."

Harry doesn't eat anymore. Harry barely speaks anymore. And Harry isn't himself anymore. [Multi-Chaptered -- HP/DM]

"Never again waking up to find someone who smiled at you and pulled you closer when you met their eyes." The days are bad, but the nights are hell; Ginny never understood how much loneliness would hurt.

Lucius has always been charming and witty, and even silver looked good on him. After a night of cuddling with a hippogriff who wanders onto the Malfoy property, he finds out that there is more to life than hourly manicures. It is up to Lucius to find his way to his hippogriff again, with the help of Voldemort, Draco, and some very dead Italian designers.

The last time. I swear to Merlin this is the last time...tonight I’ve got to say it, got to tell the truth. We can't keep doing this.

At the end of the day, all anyone wants is to be loved. And many people have that. Many people lose it, too. But not all at once, not like Harry has. What would you do if all that mattered was gone? If there was no one?

The biggest child of the James Thickey Ward at St. Mungo’s is about to learn something astonishing and possibly dangerous. But – will he remember about it tomorrow?

The war is over and The-Boy-Who-Lived has survived, but is in a critical state at St. Mungo's. Draco waits and takes his time to look back on his involvement. Draco's POV and told primarily through flashbacks.

Why the stately Ms. Emmeline Vance would want to belong to the Order of the Phoenix is a complete mystery to the Marauders and their friends. What could have happened to make Emmeline long to Catch a Death Eater? A painful subject, concerning the charming Tom Riddle, and the first time the Chamber was opened.... Poor Myrtle.

Peter's got a secret, and it's got something to do with why he joined the Dark Side.

Hermione tells her story and the history of magic class doesn't know how to reply. Hr/DM, Hr/VK, PP/PW, PW/other. HR/others

This is a companion piece to the songfic "Unwritten" since so many have asked me for a sequel. Three years have now passed since Harry and Ginny found one another again. As they celebrate the anniversary of their reunion and the rest of the world celebrates the anniversary of Voldemort's defeat, their greatest hope yet prepares to enter their lives.

Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Hermione and . . . Harry/Nagini? Deadly curses, students trapped in a tower . . . and an attack of perching bats?

One Christmas Eve, after a particularly unpleasant Occlumency lesson, Severus is visited by a ghost. Lily is furious over how he has treated her son—and determined to make Severus see just how much Harry needs him. Loosely based on "A Christmas Carol".

During her fourth year, Ginny mourns for the one that never again will be.

After his escape from Azkaban, Rabastan Lestrange takes a look at what his life has become.

A poignant look into Hermione's life following the worst tragedy of her life. What happens when the love of her life is taken from her? Will she have the strength to go on or will she drown in her grief?

We know that when Molly started screaming in St. Mungo's everyone scattered. Everyone, that is, except one, Moody. This is what I think he did.

The true story of the life of Regulus Black. The one you've never heard.

Narcissa Malfoy could adapt to any situation. She could morph into the types of personalities that the people around her possessed. She never really knew who she actually was. Now that Lucius is in Azkaban, she is left to look after the house and her son by herself. Can she adapt to this?

We all know that Hermione Granger is afraid of failing her tests and riding a broomstick. But really, those are not her greatest fear.

After his father's arrest, Draco's world becomes less certain. Draco-centric, slight Draco/Pansy, allusions to Draco/Harry pre-slash.

The strange tale of Albus Dumbledore's legacy...

He used to know her; once upon a time. But the Ginny he knew is gone, and now he's talking with someone completely different. She remembers, though.

Xanadu can be found where ever you happen to look for it.

"You didn’t love him, you didn’t ever fool yourself into thinking you loved him. You didn’t even really like him, but you needed him."

Near the beginning of his sixth year, Harry catches Crookshanks swearing in Parseltongue. Investigation leads to a long talk about Sirius, Slytherins, the prophecy, hunting, history, and house-elves. Absolutely nothing to do with the Time's Riddle series.

The final showdown is over and Voldemort has fallen at the cost of many lives. The victory is bittersweet and Draco Malfoy is there by Harry Potter's side to witness the demolition of a happily ever after ending.

Nothing will blossom in the City of Light or the Kingdom of Heaven, but in darker, quieter places. Sequel to "Undergrowth."

What does one think on the day that they are finally “released” from the clutches of the dementors? How does one find a way to carry on when all has been taken away? The moment during OotP when Voldemort’s truly loyal supporters are finally broken free. PG.

What was going through the minds of the three remaining Marauders as they faced each other in the Shrieking Shack in PoA? My take on it.

"There's a spring in my stride, there's a twinkle in my dying eyes." Remus Lupin agonises over his life, love and anger as he bids good-bye to Sirius.

Harry and Hermione go on a humorous and revealing adventure a while before going to their seventh year at Hogwarts. Is it possible for them to meet two wizards their age in a similar search for Voldemort? What kind of suprises await them?

When it feels like the end, Harry and Hermione have only each other to cling to. One-shot about life, the universe and endings. Rated for language.

She remembered those things that any sane woman would forget.

Songfic to Linkin Park's Runaway. Again, try guessing who's POV it is told from.

And things get worse for poor Winky! A cross-over of elves from six different universes: Harry Potter, LOTR, Artemis Fowl, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Santa Claus and the North Pole, and featuring Elfquest's Winnowill!

The forgotten gods of Egypt require a task of 29-year old Chudley Cannons seeker Harry Potter. The weight of the world is upon his shoulders, and he finds himself the Savior once again.

How did Peter Pettigrew come to be in Gryffindor?

I can’t believe I’ve lost him. I just can’t.... Preparing to leave, to spend the remainder of the summer before his final year at Hogwarts somewhere else, Harry takes a few moments to speak to the only one he can tell anything without feeling ashamed: his diary. A sort of companion piece to The End of Innocence and The Beginning of the End, but not a sequel.

Megan Jones is a young woman trying to make her way in the world hampered by the very things that haunt many a young woman in her late teens. There are crushes and romantic entanglements to sort through, an unhappy family life, the thirst to prove herself and the obligatory identity crisis. Oh yes, and there's the bit about her secretly joining the Dark Side....

After the Final Battle of the Second War, evil is defeated but Hermione is left alone. Fear of Flying follows Hermione's emotional discord after losing her friends, faith and the will to live.

There is more to Daphne Greengrass than what can be seen; there is also more to the House she is loyal to.

Neville has been visiting his parents for as long as he can remember. How is this visit different?

A fable--what happens when someone tries to please no one? From the creator of "Woes of a Midget Owl" and "Spinning in the Darkness"

Five lessons in Lily Evans' short life.

Cho Chang loves flying. (Enter the labyrinth.) [Cho/Cedric]

Draco relives his memories of the past few years leading up to Voldemort's demise.

There are many paths to the same destruction, and many ways ruin a life. A young witch looks to her mentor for guidance and finds he is more than willing to provide it, despite the costs. Will she fight the ties that bind her to him, or will her desires lead to her own corruption?