Harry Potter and Division M

This story takes place after the epilogue, but ignores the Cursed Child's plot for the most part. Some things are similar though, such as Hermione Granger being Minister for Magic and Draco not being a full jerk anymore.

In the mid 2010's a new Grindelwald-type wizard was on rise in Europe: the Spanish Florencio Gutiérrez Herrero, a powerful master of the dark arts. He was another believer in magical supremacy and had managed to get a big following in his own country as well as in the Latin American countries.

The International Confederation of Wizards was terrified of him, and all the magical governments decided to band together against him. Many auror teams were dispatched into Spain and Latin America to combat Herrero's forces, and the fighting led to a magical world war.

While countries like Britain, the United States as well as most of the North-European countries managed to avoid a home front of the war, Central and South Europe, as well as Central and South America were not so lucky. People lived in fear of attacks and went into hiding. Bodies piled up and muggle deaths also started to appear.

It was getting desperate, but then a miracle of sorts happened…

In early February 2017 Herrero perished, though not through the Confederation, but another force. Aurors found Herrero's body in a mansion in Mexico, alongside a hundred of his followers. Without their leader, most of the others were quickly killed or captured.

The dead dark lord and his followers were a mystery to all. It seemed like someone had used a killing curse on Herrero and his men, but no country took the credit of killing him.

The following months the best of the wizarding world investigated everything that could have been the cause for Herrero's death, but there was simply no answer.

Then came a letter. On September 1rst. To every magical government in the world. A letter that would change things.

The Potters and Weasleys were at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, watching their children go to school on the Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter's second son, Albus Severus, would go to his first year at Hogwarts, as would Hermione Weasley's oldest, Rose.

The train just left, when a ministry aid, Arabella Marston, rushed to the families.

"Minister, Mr Potter!" she shouted. "There is an emergency!"

Both Harry and Hermione turned to Marston. Hermione was the Minister for Magic as of 2015, while Harry was Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

"Excuse me, Miss Marston?" asked Hermione.

"A letter arrived in the Ministry and everyone is panicking. They need you two" Mastron explains. "We're sorry, I know you two took a day off, but this is important"

"What letter?" asked Ron.

"Ron, you're working at a joke shop!" Hermione snapped. "I think I need to know first, as should Harry"

"Yeah. Sorry, Ginny, gotta go" Harry muttered and kissed his wife on the cheek and turned to his daughter. "Bye Lily"

Hermione did the same with Ron and Hugo, and then the two left with Arabella Marston to the ministry.

The Ministry of Magic:

The other Department Heads had already all read the letter, as did some members of the Wizengamot. When Harry and Hermione arrived, the letter got handed to them.

It said the following:

Dear British Ministry of Magic,

you do not know who we are, but we know who you are. Be not afraid.

We want to tell first, that we were responsible for the defeat of Florencio Gutiérrez Herrero.

Who are we? We are Division M, an International coalition that is tasked by all Muggle nations in the world as well as the United Nations to handle Magical affairs. You might ask why you never heard of us? We needed to stay in secrecy while we were building up. We are well aware of Pureblood's who views us as nothing more than beasts, and could not risk be attacked by the likes of Herrero.

How long do we exist and how did we defeat Herrero? Those questions will get an answer if you allow to accept one of our agents inside your ministry for diplomatic purposes. We have send with this letter a device with which you can send a message of approval. The message is send simply with pressing the blue button. There is also a red button if you choose to have no contact with us, though we'd wish you'd choose to meet us.

If you choose to accept, we will send another letter that includes that the date and location where you can pick up our diplomatic agent.

We beg you though that the information of this letter would remain only known to high ranking officials and the elders of the Wizengamot. We know that the Daily Prophet likes to make sensational headlines that can misinform the public.

We wish to live in peace with all the magical people in the world.

The Director of Division M, Great Britain

"They are muggels?" asked Lucien Galequill, head of the Muggle Liaison Office. "Their Prime Minister never told us about this group!"

"They know so much!" said Percy Weasley, who now served as Head of the Department of Magical Transportation.

The different officials started to argue over the letter and what to do next. Some of the older ones wanted to deploy the aurors, while some wanted to find out more. Meanwhile Hermione and Harry were looking at the device with the red and blue buttons. It looked like a remote control of sorts. They then turned on the other officials.

"Quiet!" shouted Hermione. "We'll discuss this in a civil manner!"

"We should gather the whole Wizengamot for this" Harry continued.

Three Hours Later, Gathering Chamber of the Wizengamot:

It was surprising that all members could arrive on such a short notice, but they did.

As the last ones sat down, Hermione rose up.

"Dear members of the Wizengamot, I have news. Our ministry has been approached by an outside organization" Hermione started.

"Another dark wizard?" asked Theodore Nott, one of the members of the Wizengamot. Despite the downfall of Lord Voldemort, some pureblood families still held more power than they should. The Nott, Flint and Bulstrode families were notable, while Malfoy and Greengrass had abandoned those views.

"Not quite" replied Hermione. "It's… they are muggles"

The room broke into chaos and everyone started talking which each other in a hectic manner. Hermione had no choice but to use the Silencio-charm on the crowd.

"Order in the hall!" shouted Hermione. "Yes, muggels. Based on the letter they call themselves Division M and are an international organization of sorts that is supposed to deal with "Magical affairs". Based on the letter these people know about the Ministry, Wizengamot and the Daily Prophet"

"Do they have demands?" asked Tiberius Ogden, an elder member of the council.

"They want to send a diplomat here" said Harry.

"No way in hell will we let a muggle in our Ministry!" shouted Nott.

"This group claimed to have been responsible for the death of Herrero and his followers. Based on that information, these people have the capabilities to wipe out entire populations" stated Lucien Galequill.

"Then we got to war!" shouted Nott. Some purebloods in the crowd cheered, while most remained in silence.

"As this group has chosen to be diplomatic instead of militant, so should we. I think the last three decades have shown also that this ministry is not suited for warfare" stated Harry.

"It appears that muggles have finally figured us out and have organized" said Tiberius Odgen. "This was going to happen sooner or later, right? I have heard of the muggles and their eyes in the skies that can see everything. It seems to world is starting to change again and only those who accept that can prosper. I propose a vote over the diplomat this Division wants to send"

Odgen was a respected member of the British Wizarding Community and used to be a friend to Albus Dumbeldore himself, so the vote was held. 60% of the council was in favour of meeting the diplomat of this mysterious group, much to sis

"So that settles it" Hermione said and pressed the blue button on the device.

12 hours later:

Another letter arrived in the ministry.

It stated the following:

Thank you,

we are very grateful for your response.

Our agent will be in front of the Leaky Cauldron at September 21st at five pm. We'd hope you send someone to pick him up and bring to your ministry.

We look forward to handle with you!

The Director of Division M, Great Britain

Hermione looked at the letter. She contacted the Wizengamot again and told the news. Theodore Nott once again tried to oppose the whole idea, but no one seemed to listen to him this time around.

It was decided that Harry Potter himself and two Aurors, Thaddeus Silverleap and Quirinus Pierce, would meet the diplomat.

September 21st, Five pm, in front of the Leaky Cauldron:

A man in his early 40's, wearing a suit and with a briefcase was standing next to the old and broken shop front. Or, it looked like that to those who couldn't see how things really are…

The man noticed three robed figures approach him. He immediately recognized one of them.

"Mr. Potter?" the man asked. "Didn't expect them to send you"

Harry froze. These people knew about him?

"You know me?" asked Harry.

"Yes, of course" stated the man. "You did save our world as well when you defeated Tom Riddle"

Harry looked at the man in a suspicious way.

"Oh, haven't introduced myself yet" the man continued. "Mason Windsor, strategic and diplomatic agent from the British branch of Division M, nice to meet you"

Windsor offered his hand. Harry looked at it and replied to the handshake.

"Harry Potter, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. These here are Thaddeus Silverleap and Quirinus Pierce, Aurors" Harry replied. "We are ordered to escort you to the Ministry"

"Of course, Mr. Potter, lead away" Windsor said and the four men headed on their way.

Harry had decided to take the diplomat through the visitor's entrance aka the abandoned red telephone booth. Much to the surprise to Harry and the two Aurors, Mason Windsor did not seem surprised at all as booth descended. The agent even described the concept "rather interesting".

Harry and the two Aurors continued to escort Windsor from the booth to the entrance hall of the Ministry until the lifts. The Hermione and the Wizengamot would meet with the diplomat in the Wizengamot Courtrooms & Gathering Chambers in Level 10, though the lifts only went until Level 9. The rest of the journey had to be made through stairs. Due to request by the letters to keep the existence of Division M secret from anyone but the higher ups, Hermione had tried to organize the best she could to keep the hallways as empty as possible. Despite this, a few janitors and bureaucrats did see the strange visitor in unusual clothers.

They arrived in one of the Gathering Chambers of the Wizengamot, where everyone was already waiting. A table and chair was made put in the middle of the chamber, meant for the diplomat. Harry remembered how he once sat in the middle of a similar meeting over twenty years ago. Windsor seemed a little nervous, but put the briefcase down and turned to audience. Harry sat down next to Hermione, while Silverleap and Pierce stayed at the door as guards. Windsor took a device from the briefcase and put it on the table. He flicked a switch and a light turned green.

Hermione Granger was the one to break the silence.

"State your name and rank"

"Mason Windsor, strategic and diplomatic agent from the British branch of Division M"

"I, Hermione Granger, Minister for Magic, in view of the full Wizengamot, hereby give our guest permission to speak"

"Firstly, I would like to thank the Ministry and Wizengamot on the behalf of Division M for accepting me in here. I can only guess how much our letters surprised you" Windsor started.

The crowd looked at him in silence, presumably hoping for him to go past the small talk.

"So, you probably wonder who we are? As our letter stated, we are the British branch of a global organization that deals with Magical affairs that influences the world of us, the non-magical population" Windsor explained.

"How come have never heard of you?" asked Arnold Peasegood, an obliviator from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes.

"We did not know how the wizarding world would react to our existence. We do know that Statue of Secrecy was created for a reason. I also want to state that Division M does not look to engage in any form of conflict with the official wizarding governments around the world. We seek diplomatic ties and cooperation"

"You better not" muttered Theodor Nott.

Hermione gave him an angry look and turned to Windsor.

"How long have you operated?" she asked.

"Division M was started in the 1920's, though until the 1980's we were quite a joke on the world stage. Despite this, we were sadly not prepared for Tom Riddle's return in the 1990's" Windsor stated.

The same here, thought Harry and many in the crowd.

"Our first tactical teams were deployed shortly after the Battle of Hogwarts. We did our best to capture and detain several of his followers, human or not, though we suffered some brutal losses during those early days"

"That is something we need to know. How can you do this? No disrespect to the non-magical people, but how do you know about all this? And how do you manage to combat dark wizards?"

"Firstly, we want to assure that methods we used on Florencio Gutiérrez Herrero was a last resort. Civilian casualties were too high and we had to act. As for information about your world? That would be… difficult to explain…" Windsor mumbled, clearly feeling uncomfortable.

"Has someone breached the Statue of Secrecy by telling your Division?" asked Hermione.

"Well, maybe. But understand it was necessary" Windsor explained. "Without those small breaches of the Statue, we'd still be a joke"

"Do you employ wizards or squibs?" asked Hermione.

"Hypothetically" replied Windsor.

"Bloodtraitors!" came from the crowd.

"Order in the hall!" shouted Hermione. "How many and in which positions?"

"Mrs. Minister, I know you are shocked, but understand, the magical beings who work for us are not fighting against you! They have taken a bold risk to protect not one, but two worlds!"

"You mean to tell that other beings that just wizards are witches are backing you?" asked Hermione.

"Yes. Including Gringotts" explained Windsor.

"And this has been going on since the end of the second war?" asked Hermione.

"Yes, Mrs. Minister" replied Windsor.

"Mr. Windsor, you mentioned going after Tom Riddel's followers? What happened to them?" asked Hermione.

"We tried to arrest and contain them, but during the early days, many of them died" Windsor stated. "Among them were Corban Yaxley, Rabastan Lestrange, Konrad Selwyn, Thorfinn Rowle and Willard Jugson"

The ones who were never found, Harry thought, remembering the years he looked for those men.

Hermione looked at the crowd. Some former Death Eaters were still there, managing to escape trial once again.

"Understood. And that device you have on the table? Some sort of recorder?" asked Harry, meaning the device on the table.

"Yes. And our Director is listening in on this as well, live" Windsor stated.

"How dare you? We were not informed of this!" shouted an elder member.

"Order in the hall!" shouted Hermione.

It got quiet.

"Dear members of the Wizengamot, we know about most of this world. This meeting was inevitable" Windsor explained. "Once again, we do not seek to dominate your world, but we want to be prepared to deal with it in the cases something happens"

"How does it operate here? Gadgets like that shouldn't work here" Hermione questioned the diplomat.

"A special piece of technology called the Fulgur-circuit. I can also see things like a wizard. We call it the Oculus Veritas-treatment which allows us to see your world. Again, we do not intend to spread our advanced technology like the circuit or this treatment outside of Division M" Windsor explained.

"So, you possess technology that is merged with magic in some form?" asked Hermione. "Thanks to some wizards who breached the Statue of Secrecy?"

"Yes, mam" replied Windsor.

"Thank you, Mr. Windsor. You have given us quite the information" Hermione stated. "Silverleap and Pierce, please escort Mr. Windsor out for a moment. We need to discuss this among ourselves"

"Yes, Mrs Minister" replied Mason Windsor, as he picked up the recorder and was escorted out of the Chambers.

As the doors closed behind him, Theodore Nott was the on to break the silence.

"They know! They know and they killed several of our kind!" he shouted. "We need to go to war!"

"To be fair, they deserved it. Yaxley, Lestrange, Selwyn, Rowle, Jugson and Herrera were all threats to both worlds" replied Tiberius Ogden.

"War is not in the question" replied Harry. "I will not stand with a Ministry that is the first aggressor. And you saw what they are capable of with Herrero! If they want to wipe us out, it seems they would already done it by now!"

"They want diplomacy and ties" stated Hermione. "And I am in favour of that. It would seem good to have a powerful ally, especially since the Herrera proved how weak we were"

That was sadly true, despite Harry's best efforts, the Aurors and other Law Enforcement had still not fully recovered from the two wars for the previous century. They were lucky that Herrera had no interest to conquer Britain.

A vote was held and it was decided with a majority of 56% that the Ministry would start to work with this new and mysterious group. Around the same time all around the world the other magical governing bodies came to similar decisions.

It was the start of a new age.

Hey guys, do you want more of this? Division M is inspired by groups such as Division 3 from Legion, The SCP-Foindation and the Torchwood-Institte. I always was interested if there was a secret group like this out there in the Potterverse.

I thought about maybe writing more chapters about this world? Maybe show who those wizards, witches and others are who work in secret for these muggles?

P.S. I also hope I didn't butcher the English language in this one lol