Instead of Moony, or any of Sirius’ now-dead or Death Eater friends from Hogwarts, Sirius gets visits from Professor McGonagall, who graciously allows Sirius to call her Minerva. It’s not quite the same, and in the beginning Sirius is almost too afraid to reminisce, but after her third visit—always on the weekends, when she isn’t on duty at Hogwarts—Sirius finds himself asking her about his school years and the pranks they played as children, asking, "did this really happen?" and "did you know that was us?" and "the detention you gave us for that—was that the one cleaning the trophy room?" She answers all his questions with her usual brusqueness, looking appropriately disappointed at each and every one of his misdeeds, but there’s a ghost of a smile on her face, and a nostalgic glint in her eyes. "Be honest with me, Minerva, you miss us as students," Sirius says, "Hogwarts is boring without us in it."