Petunia felt someone shaking her awake, slowly blinking her eyes clear. Lily was standing beside her bed in her night dress, frown etched on her face.

"Lily?" The girl sat up, looking around the dark room. Not even the birds where singing so it must have been late, or early. "What's wrong?"

The girl teetered nervously, fidgeting with her hands.

"Did you have a night terror or something?"

Lily shook her head, holding her tongue. Petunia felt some sense of nostalgia, recalling one of the smaller siblings she had in her last life. Wearing a gentle smile, she lifted her covers up slightly.

"Come on now, climb in."

The young child was shocked by the offer, but didn't hesitate to clamber into the bed beside her. Both kids laid down facing each other.

"Now, what's got you up at this time of night? Mum sent us to bed hours ago."

Lily continued to fidget with her hands, biting her bottom lip.

"I...I wanted to ask you something."

"Oh?" Petunia raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Must be something important."

The girl nodded, meeting her sisters eyes properly.

"The flowers…" Lily began hesitantly. "Do… Do you remember the flowers?"

Petunia held her breath, understanding exactly what the girl meant.

"Yes." She nodded back, "I remember them. They fell on us like snow."

The red head furrowed her eyebrows, thinking hard.

"Severus saw them… He says I did that." Her bottom lip wavered slightly. "He says I'm special but…"

Petunia waited, but the child didn't continue.

"But what Lily?"

"I don't want to be." Tears finally started falling from the young girls eyes. "I just want to play with you, but you got hurt and I it's all my fault and I couldn't help you. I couldn't do anything."

Lily covered her eyes with her hands.

"And now you're so different, you were so nice to Severus and you didn't get angry at me. You didn't yell or anything. And Mum and Dad said it was because you were finally growing up, but if you grow up then that means you won't want to play with me at all."

Petunia listened to her sisters sobs, a small frown on her face. She'd really done a number on this kid.

"Lily Puff…" She began, patting the girl on the head. "I still want to play with you, even if your special."

"R-really?" The little girl raised her red rimmed eyes, though hope easily gleamed in them. "But I'm… I'm.."

"My little Sister." Petunia cut her off. "I was scared at first, but you're my sister! Nothing can change that! And if anyone's got a problem with it they'll have to deal with me! It's my job to protect you, especially if you can do special things."

Lily wore a look of pure love, her eyes shinning with unshed tears.

"You mean it? You're not going to leave me?"

"Never ever!" Petunia leaned in close, nuzzling Lily's nose with her own. The action was natural to her, something her family did in her past life. The red head giggled slightly, a small smile making it's way onto her face.

"You're different now Tunnie. Dad is worried, but Mummy is excited."

Petunia ran a hand through her hair, nodding.

"Yeah… I had a bad dream when I fell." She let out a sigh. "I didn't like that dream at all. I was so mean and bossy, had an ugly husband too. But the hardest part was that you weren't there."

She recalled scenes from the movies depicting her future self. She refused to be that way, ever!

"That's sad…" Lily frowned.

The older girl nodded.

"Yeah, it was. But I'm going to change. I want to be better! I want to grow up and marry someone really handsome, then we can live close by and our kids can play together all day long."

Lily smiled widely at the idea, nuzzling close to her sister.

"I'd like that very much."

"I thought you might…" Petunia wrapped her arms around the little girl. "I think we should talk to Severus. It sounds like he knows something about the things you can do Lily. Maybe he can help us?"\

"You really think so?" Lily sounded hopeful.

"We won't know until we ask, but I have a feeling it will all work out."

Lily muttered something really quiet, hugging Petunia closer. The older girl smiled, a fair guess at what her sister had said.

"I love you too Lily."

Petunia was once again awakened by someone shaking her. This time it was her mother, and luckily the sun was up. The woman looked pleased to see the two girls together, a relieved smile not leaving her face until they arrived at the doctors clinic.

It was terribly boring, just like one would expect. Not that Petunia was complaining, It just felt like a bit of a waste of the day to her. Lily didn't seem to mind, chatting happily with other children who happened to be sitting in the waiting room. She was such a social butterfly.

Thankfully Petunia had the foresight to bring her journal, happily writing out notes for her future plans whilst the Doctor ran his tests. It looked like she needed to get a new book or two at the rate she was filling this one.

The woman sat them down soon after explaining that nothing looked unusual, but that it would be wise to be more careful while playing. Unfortunately she'd probably have a small scar, but Petunia didn't mind.

"Have you always enjoyed writing so much?" The Doctor asked, catching her off guard as they were leaving.

"Umm… Kinda, I've just been really inspired lately." That wasn't a lie, in her past life she always carried a small book for fanfiction ideas. One day she wanted to write a proper story, but somehow she ended up here before that happened.

The woman nodded.

"Well, here is a writing competition happening this summer. My niece has been ecstatic about it. It's sponsored by the local secondary school. You might look at the flier on the bulletin board."

Petunia thanked the woman, an idea quickly forming in her head.

It wasn't a cash prize, but she'd found several writing competitions in the newspaper that were. She recognized a few that were being put on by editorial companies, meaning they were looking for knew authors to sponsor. The girl couldn't help but smile, knowing the sorts of stories she could string together with all her fanfiction inspiration. Yes, she needed to remember to take care of the wizarding side of things, but she needed money and independence if she was going to manage anything.

This was her ticket. She was going to become an Author!