Susan Li was a Hufflepuff student.
Susan Li was a wonderful Hufflepuff student.
By all accounts, Susan Li was a wonderful, kind, and brave Hufflepuff student.
Pomora Sprout sighed heavily and looked down at her work. The normally vivacious and verbose Herbology teacher had finally found herself at a loss for words. What could she say about a girl that nobody seemed to know very well at all? The only thing that she knew about Susan was that the girl was reasonably gifted and in her house.
Susan's parents were dead. Minerva had gone to the Li residence shortly after the battle only to discover that no one had lived there since the previous summer. The Ministry listed Dae Li as 'abroad' aka 'murdered' and Chelsea Li as 'imprisoned for spreading seditious libel against Ministry officials' aka 'telling the truth and getting thrown into Azkaban'.
When Minerva had gone to Azkaban to talk to Mrs. Li, she found that the poor woman had expired shortly before New Year's.
Susan Li was also (unhelpfully) one of those children who managed to be everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. She was a good student, not a great one. She was in Gobstones, but not a star player. She went to Quidditch games, but never played. She never lost points for her House, but never won them either. Susan was completely and utterly average.
Pomora felt bad for thinking about a dead child that way, but it was true. She was expected to give a speech at Susan's funeral and couldn't think of a thing to say about her. Pomora sighed and looked down at her paper once more.
"Is something wrong Pomora?" Pomora looked up at Minerva, who was busy at another desk, writing letters to bereaved families.
"Oh, nothing, I just can't think of anything to say at one of my student's funerals." Pomora winced at how blasé that phrase had become, "She was just a very ordinary girl. I think I will take a break and come back to it, I need some time outside."
When Pomora was gone, Minerva stood and went over to her companion's desk. She looked at the last line Pomora had written and then picked up the quill.
By all accounts, Susan Li was a wonderful, kind, and brave Hufflepuff student, like many others. She was ordinary in every way, but on May 2nd, she showed the world that she was extraordinary brave, extraordinarily kind, and extraordinarily loyal. For that we must thank her.