- The death of his parents
- Surviving the killing curse and receiving a scar
- Finding out he was a wizard
- Meeting his best friends, Ron and Hermione Weasley
- Participating and winning the Triwizard Tournament as a 4th year
- The death of Sirius Black, his godfather
- Being blamed for Dumbledore's death and the whole wizarding world thinking him crazy
- Defeating Voldemort
- Marrying Ginny Weasley
- Having children
"Great job class! It's hard to narrow a life down to only ten defining moments, isn't it?" Or should have been, Lainey thought. "Now - let's change one moment in his life and rewrite history. What do you think would have happened - what throughout history would have changed - if say.... he'd never met Ron and Hermione? Never become friends with them? What then?" Lainey frowned before adding, "And please stop making people cry in my class."