4. Horace Slughorn
She was something. She was so brilliant it was beyond even my imagination. Yep, she was going somewhere. She was every teacher's dream.
He was a pureblood. He was the mischievous one. Not as good as her in Potions, but still bright. You could see he had so much potential.
I knew how they were separately. Amazing.
But together? Together there was nothing they couldn't do. They could fly to the stars if they wanted. (James steering though, Lily wasn't much of a flyer.)
He liked to call her "apple of his eye Evans"
She liked to call him "toerag" for the first six years of their Hogwarts lives.
Then came magic number 7.
That was possibly their best year.
Because they were together.
And together they were incredible.
Everyone knew that she was his other half. They taught each other things beyond anyone's intellect and they shared little secrets and dreams.
I remember it was Sirius Black's original idea to put them together. I remember when he used to drool over her and she used to throw him looks that he was the one who was encouraging him. I asked him once why he encouraged James to keep up the façade. He only answered "Because they are the ones that are supposed to end up together. And that's what's going to happen, Sluggy, you mark my words."
I was happy to see them together because, like everyone, I thought that they were the ultimate.
In reality, they were the ones that gave us all hope. They were the ones that made us believe that something good could come out of all of this.
"We remember James and Lily Potter today."
We remember James and Lily Potter. Two people that go beyond anything imaginable