She was remarkable. At fourteen, she had already earned the moniker "Brightest Witch of Her Age", and it took Remus all of one lesson as her professor to realize that the praise was not unfounded. She was months ahead on the reading, and was able to spew an encyclopedic amount of knowledge on a wide verity of topics. She went above and beyond to prepare for her classes, instigating rousing debates with her classmates, correlating the material from her other classes with his, and had no trouble grasping any new concept he through at her. Not only was he in awe of her intellect but if half the stories he heard regarding the Gryffindor trio were true, he also knew she was fiercely loyal to Harry, and had gotten him out of several scrapes.