"I remember first meeting James," she says, "eleven years old and so self-assured and well-mannered. His parents, too, were such wonderful people. I remember being so afraid, for Remus, and then watching him with his first real friend and realising that James could get my boy to open up in a way no one else could. He got Remus to smile like he had no worries, got him to run around and skin his knee at the park, got him to play pranks on the adults. And as you all grew up, I saw how much James loved you—both of you, once you started hanging out over the summer as well, Sirius—and I knew James would do anything for his friends."