The Department of Mysteries

Department of Mysteries: Chapter 1: The new recruits

Chapter 1: The New Recruits

Author's Notes: This is my first attempt at a Harry Potter fan fiction, and I am hoping to finish this one through. Thanks to GirlinPink44 for being a beta for me. This story was a mess until she got a hold of it. Tell me what you think R&R.

Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter; Ginny, Neville, and Hermione would have been Harry's best friends, Ron wouldn't have been in the picture.

Department of Mysteries: Chapter 1: The new recruits

Dudley quickly marched back to the playground intent on bullying someone else leaving Harry alone for the next twenty or so minutes until recess was over. Harry turned around to relax when he came face to face with one of those men in the black cloaks. For some reason he couldn't see anything that was under his hood. It was like there was a hazy screen from the edge of the hood down that blocked his sight of the face. He could practically sense the power coming from the man and he could somehow tell that the man had great wisdom. He reached down to grab the slingshot only to find it in the hand of the strange man.

"Who are you?" Harry said backing up and preparing to run but an invisible wall stopped his progress and prevented him from moving back; and as he turned his head he saw that he couldn't see anything behind him except the trees. Fear coursed from his veins but he started back at the man defiantly.

"We have been watching you." The man suddenly ended the stare down.

"I know I have been seeing you every so often" Harry replied to the man's comment. It hadn't been hard for him to spot them.

"You are very observant, but I don't think you were seeing us with your eyes." The man responded.

"How else could I see you?" Harry responded curiously.

"That is one of many things we have to teach you." The man's response was cryptic. A scroll suddenly appeared in his hand and he held out the parchment to him. Harry took the offered paper and started to open it. It read:

Dear Mr. Potter

On behalf of the International Department of Mysteries, I express my deepest sorrows at the treatment that has befallen you at your current residence. I am extremely disappointed that the honorable Professor Albus Dumbledore had insisted that you live with your relatives and that we were unable to do anything. We are now in the position to change some things.

You have always been on the watch list of our recruitment committee because of the great talent that your parents had and the mysteries of your story. If you will accept, we would be honored for you to join our department as one of the youngest Unspeakables in history. There are further details and reasons for you recruitment, and will be discussed if and when you should accept.

We will send an agent tonight after your relatives go to sleep when no one will notice your absence. If you are willing he will take you to headquarters to discuss matters. This is of the up most importance and must not be disclosed to anyone.

We await your decision,

Department of Mysteries

"What does all this mean?" Harry asked the man only to find that he was gone and only sign that the man was there was the note that he left.

The bell finally rang to end recess causing Dudley and his gang to quickly walk back inside. He followed the rest of his classmates into the classroom and sat down at his desk to prepare for 5th grade English.

"Hey Potter" His cousin said behind him, "I guess being small comes in handy, I didn't even see you out there."

"Maybe you just need glasses too." Harry replied before burying his head in his book. He knew his cousin was getting ready to march over and rip the book from his hands but he had timed this well.