This story is all my muse's fault. I didn't want to write a lily and James fic, but my muse wouldn't stop bugging me about it. And, this is not only a J/L fic, but also, a Petunia/Matt ( James older brother) story. Please don't flame.

Disclaimer: JKR owns Lily, James, Petunia, and Dumbledoor. I own everyone else.

Fate

Part One - The First Encounter

St. John's Hospital, London

"You can see her now." The nurse told Hal Johnston.

"Petunia!" Hal yelled at his two year old daughter " We can go see mommy now."

"And Lily?"

"And Lily."

They walked into the room. Petunia ran over to her mother. "Hi Mommy! Can I hold Lily?"

"You're to little dear." Her father replied.

Petunia scrunched up her face and looked like she was about to start crying.

" Don't cry Petunia!" Cooed Violet Johnston. "Hal, let her hold the baby."

"Fine." replied Hal grumpily. " Sit down here." He picked Petunia up and placed her on the large green chair. Her gently took Lily from his wife and carefully placed her in his older daughter's arms.

"Hi Lily!" Grinned a very proud Petunia. " I'm your big sister."

Lily looked curiously at Petunia. Then she opened her mouth and started to scream at the top of her day old lungs. Petunia, startled by this outburst started to cry too.

"Petunia! What did you do to you're sister?!" Having her father scream at her made Petunia scream louder. Hal picked up Lily and handed her to her mother. Then he picked up Petunia and put her in a time out in the corner for hurting Lily. When Petunia dared to glance at Lily, she could have sworn the baby was laughing at her. That's when she started to hate her sister.

Meanwhile across the hall...

"You can see her now." The nurse told Jason Potter.

"Matt!" Jason called to his two year old son. " We can go and see Mommy and James now."

Matt grinned broadly. He raced into his mother's room. "Mommy!" He yelled as he jumped onto the bed.

"Careful deary." His mother told him. "You don't want to hurt James."

It was then that Matt saw his little brother for the first time. "Can I hold him?" He asked anxiously.

" Of course. Here. Be careful to support his head." And Virginia Potter handed her youngest son over to her oldest son.

Matt smiled. " Hi James! I'm your big brother."

Virginia and Jason laughed.

The nurse walked in five minutes later to take James back to the nursery. Jason and Matt followed the nurse down the hall. When they got to the glass window that looked into the nursery, they saw that two people were already there. Jason lifted his older son up so he could see in the window.

"That's my little brother." Matt said proudly to the man standing next to him.

"The little girl next to him is my Lily. " Hal told him.

Matt smiled. " Who's that?' He asked pointing to the girl trying to hide behind her father.

" This is Petunia."

" I'm two." She piped up.

"So am I." Matt smiled. This girl seemed pretty nice.

Jason put Matt down. " wanna go 'Splorin?" Matt asked Petunia.

To the two curious two year olds, this sounded like a wonderful idea. So they walked away from their fathers, who didn't notice they were even gone.

'Splorin got boring very fast for the two children. So far, all they had done was ridden the elevator up and down and back up and back down ect.ect.ect. They were both starting to get scared, but neither was about to admit it. But, being scared is very hard on a two-year-old. After they had ridden the elevator for a good ten minutes, Petunia burst out crying.

"It's ok 'Tunia." Said Matt putting his arm around her shoulder.

" I... WANT... MY... MOMMY!" She screamed.

" Are you two lost?" A strange man, wearing a bright purple cloak, had suddenly appeared on the elevator. HE looked familiar to Matt, but Petunia thought her looked scary.

" What's your name?" The man asked.

" I'm Matthew William Potter." said Matt proud that he knew his name.

The man smiled. "I'm Albus Dumbledoor. I'm a friend of your Daddy and Mommy, Matt. I was just on my way up to see them."

" We weren't but we'll come with you anyway." Matt told him.

Dumbledoor smiled. "Alright"

When Dumbledoor led the children back to their parents, Petunia could tell she was in trouble.

Her father's scowl made her shrink back behind Dumbledoor's cloak. But before Hal got a chance to yell at his daughter, Jason scooped up both children, hugging them hard.

" We were so worried about you!" He handed Petunia to Hal. " Thank you Albus. I'm so glad you're the one who found them."

" Petunia!" Roared Hal. " How could you do something like this?! Do you know how worried you're mother was?! What kind of an example are you setting for Lily?!"

Hall would have yelled more, but Dumbledoor interrupted him. " Are you Lily Johnston's father?"

"Yes." Hal replied slowly. " How do you know my daughter?"

Dumbledoor just smiled. " I have to go now Jason. Tell Ginny that I stopped by." Then he turned to Hal. " Say hi to Violet and Lily for me." He walked down the hall and disappeared before Hal had a chance to ask how he knew his wife's name.

End Part One

This story is becoming more Petunia centered than I wanted it to, but the next part will be more Lily/James.