Remus POV
Remus wandered through his father's office, a bunch of papers were bundled up on his table. He had been warned not to touch them but...
He had always been a curious person.
His father had been getting quite worried in the last few days. He had worked with the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and Remus hadn't been interested in that before. But his father's worries had made him want to help him somehow. Even if there was nothing he could do, he wanted to at least try.
But it was mostly just him being very curious about his father's work.
The papers he rifled through were statements from wizards and muggles alike. They seemed like some magical creature had been teasing a small muggle village. They weren't malicious but the jokes could be unknowingly quite dangerous. The village had been growing recently but the pranks had been off-putting for many of the new residents. A few wizards passing by had reported the issue to the Department and since such pranks were generally related to poltergeists, it had fallen into his father's lap.
Unfortunately, his father's investigative skills needed work. He had visited the place but had been unable to find anything, and no pranks had been played at that time either. He had assumed the poltergeist had left. But as soon as he had left, it started up again.
Remus put down the papers and frowned. It might be possible that it wasn't a poltergeist at all, but incidents like this where a poltergeist started playing with newcomers to the area wasn't uncommon.
That was when he heard his father coming back. He jumped off his dad's chair.
"Remus, have you been bored?" He asked, a smile in his voice. Remus stuck out a tongue at him.
"Not at all, I read the papers on your desk." His dad sighed, a smile tugging on his lips. He knelt down on a knee to get on his eye level.
"And? Did you find out anything?" Lyall asked teasingly. Remus scratched his cheek.
"Not really, but since you're going there again, can I come too?" He opened his mouth about to say something before sighing again.
"How did you even know I was going again? I know it's not written there."
"It's in the department regulations," Remus deadpanned. "How could I not know?"
Lyall smiled, his crow feet coming to focus.
"Of course you know the department regulations." He ruffled Remus' hair. "Okay son. I'll take you there. But in return you have to promise me you won't do anything dangerous, alright? We don't know what creature is there yet."
"Mm. Sure." He agreed. It wasn't like he wanted to risk his second chance at life or anything.
"Fine then! Come, let's go get that lunch I promised you!" Lyall laughed when Remus ran ahead of him with excitement.
"Come on dad. Now you're being slow."
"Coming."
Lyall spared a single glance at the papers spread across his desk then with a flick of his wand turned them all unreadable.
It wouldn't do to allow just anyone to read them, now would it?