Summary: A new defining character, Joshua Anderson, appears in the Harry Potter Series. He is the one who first meets Harry on the train and become friends. Honestly, i just wanted to be in the story. AU maybe.

Chapter 1: The Boy With The Green Eyes

An eleven year old boy with short, ruffled, dark brown hair and brown eyes jumped down the stairs as his mother had called him down for some unknown reason. This boy's name was Joshua Anderson. Joshua, or Josh, what he preferred to be called, was a short, quiet and mysterious kid, but to his mother, he was a little cunning, intelligent, persistent, and a very sweet boy. She knew that if he set his mind to it, Joshua could do anything he wanted, and she was right.

Josh ran into the kitchen to see his mother, Sandra, waving a letter with a big smile on her face.

"It's here?" Josh asked with an excited and hopeful expression on his face. His mom nodded and handed the letter to her son who took it excitedly and ripped it open to read it.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Anderson,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find an enclosed list of all of your equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Josh smiled as he read his acceptance letter to Hogwarts, the one he had been waiting for since his first bout with accidental magic, and since the stories his mother had told him when he was a couple years younger. That is when his mother revealed to him about his wizardry heritage. She told him that she too was a magical person as well as her parents and extended family. Though it turned out that his father was a non-magical person, otherwise known as a muggle. Johnathan Anderson was exposed to magic when Josh released his accidental magic. He reacted in one of the worse ways possibles, screaming in terror, calling his wife and son demons and freaks of nature, running out of the house and never to return. Or at least that's what Josh remembered. He didn't remember too much about his muggle father and he aimed to keep it that way.

Josh grinned as he read his list of what he would need for his first year at Hogwarts.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

sets of plain work robes (black)

plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

by Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Josh's smile almost faltered when he read he wasn't aloud a broom, but he didn't care, he could wait another year because he was sure he would have fun with learning all the magic he could. He finished reading and turned to his mother.

"So when can we go and get my stuff?" He asked excitedly; practically jumping up and down.

Sandra chuckled. "We could go when you have taken a bath and put on some clean clothes." she answered with a smile.

Josh sighed with a smile. "Fine." He wanted to go now, he couldn't wait any longer. Josh ran up to his room and grabbed some clean clothes and ran into the bathroom so he could clean up. About fifteen minutes later, Josh exited the bathroom and ran back to his room. He was wearing a red t-shirt, blue pants, and white converse. His hair was still messy but he fixed it by running a hand through his, damp and wavy hair. He then grabbed his letter and some pocket money, stuck it into his pockets, and ran back downstairs later where his mother was sitting by the fire place reading the Daily Prophet.

"So how are we getting to Diagon Alley?" Josh asked as he leaned on the couch.

"By floo of course," Sandra answered as she stood up and grabbed a pouch of floo powder that was sitting on top of the mantle of the fireplace.

"Okay," Josh said as he walked closer.

"Okay, now remember what i told you. Speak clearly. I don't want to lose you and find you gallivanting back in Knockturn Alley again," Sandra replied as she held the pouch open to her son. Josh hid his smile as he grabbed some floo powder and threw into the fireplace. He remembered back a few months ago when he had gotten lost in Knockturn Alley. He thought it was a pretty fun and adventurous day.

"Leaky Cauldron!" Josh yelled and stepped into the green fires and was transported to his destination. Seconds later, Josh was thrown from a pub's fireplace landing to the ground. He could never stick to the landing of floo travel. Josh stood up to find himself inside the Leaky Cauldron. There was a commotion at the back. Josh saw people crowding around what looked like to be a half-giant, and someone he couldn't see. He turned around just in time to see his mother exit the fireplace safely and gracefully, better then Josh.

Josh took one last look at the crowd as he followed his mother into the back to the pub and then into the streets of Diagon Alley.

Josh grinned at the sight of this place. He had been here before many times, but it still amazed him every time he came to the Alley. It was always bustling around with Witches and Wizards who were roaming the alley through store after store buying supplies.

Josh followed his mother to Ollivander's wand shop. They entered to see the wand maker already helping out a young girl. She had blue eyes and blonde hair and looked to be with her mother who was slender with dirty blonde hair and green eyes.

"Aurora?" Sandra asked with furrowed eyebrows. The other woman turned with a curious expression on her face which then broke into a smile when she saw who it was.

"Sandra!" she exclaimed as she walked up and hugged her old friend. "It's been so long!"

"Yes it has," Sandra replied with a smile, letting her friend go. "How are you?" she asked.

"I've been good!" Aurora replied who glanced towards the boy next to Sandra. Josh looked up to his mother and tugged on her sleeve. She looked at him and smiled.

"Oh, forgive me, but this is my son, Joshua," Sandra introduced. "Joshua, this is my old friend from school, Aurora Greengrass." Josh smiled as he shook Aurora's hand.

"It's pleasure to finally meet you," Aurora said to Josh who smiled shyly.

"Mother, I'm done," said the girl Josh had noticed when he entered the shop.

"Daphne, this is my old friend Sandra Emrys," Aurora introduced to her daughter. "And this young fellow is Joshua, her son." Josh smiled and waved at Daphne who did the same in return.

"Is the one boy ready?" The old wand maker asked from a few feet away. Sandra nodded and motioned Josh over to the elder man. Josh walked over towards the old man. "Well hello there. I'm Ollivander, the wand maker."

"Hi," Josh greeted walking over to the old man while his mother caught up with her friend and Daphne watched him out of curiosity. "Josh Anderson." Ollivander gave Josh a look as if he seemed familiar, and then gave a small nod.

"Okay, let's get started. Which is your wand arm?" the wand maker asked.

Josh instinctively held up his right arm. "Right." he answered. Ollivander nodded.

"All right, hold out your arm. Yes, like that," Ollivander pulled out a measuring tape, starting to take measurements of strange areas on Josh's body, from his knee to armpit and around his head. "Each wand has a core of a powerful magical substance, Mr. Anderson." Ollivander spoke up. "We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers, and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are quite the same. And, of course, you will never get such good results with another wizard's wand. The wand chooses the wizard." Josh stared at the man curiously, interested in what the elder was saying.

Mr. Ollivander gave a 'that's enough' and the measuring tape fell.

"Let's try this one, Mr. Anderson," Mr. Ollivander handed Josh a wand, "Hawthorn and unicorn hair. Nine inches. Give it a wave now."

Josh curiously waved the wand around and nothing happened. He sighed as his face grew red and Mr. Ollivander snatched it from him and shoved another in his hand.

"Birch, phoenix tail feather, ten inches."

Again, Josh waved the wand, just to have it replaced again.

"Hazel and unicorn hair. Ten inches."

Josh tried again, and again the wand was snatched from her hand, but not before a small vase exploded making Josh jump up in surprise. Daphne giggled from the front where their mothers were still conversing.

"Stubborn customer, aren't you?" Mr. Ollivander commented, picking up another wand, "Well, let's try this. Oak, Dragon Heart-string. Eleven inches. Go on, then."

As soon as the wand was in Josh's hand, he knew it was different. It sent a warm sensation up his arm and when he gave it a determined wave, it set off a shower of fiery green and silver sparks. Josh started grinning widely and knew that this was going to be his wand. Sandra came over indicating that the Greengrasses had left. She paid for the wand and the two walked over to Madam Malkin's so Josh could be fitted for his robes.

Sandra led him over to where there were two boys already there. One with blonde hair, grey eyes, and pale skin who looked sort of familiar. The other who had raven black hair, green eyes, round rimmed glasses, and to Josh, his clothes looked ten times bigger than him. Sandra told him to stay while she browsed around herself.

"This your first time as well?" spoke up the pale kid. Josh looked over to the kid who spoken to him and nodded. "Me too as well and him." the pale kid said indicating the green eyed kid who was standing looking bored. "This woman needs to hurry up so Father can take me and buy that new broom he promised me," he said pompously. Josh looked away and rolled his eyes. From that statement, he knew that kid would be a pain in his rear end and hoped he wouldn't be in the same house as him.

Minutes later, the pale kid left leaving Josh, Madam Malkin, and the green eyed boy alone. "Finally," Josh said. "I thought he'd never leave with his pompous attitude." The green eyed boy grinned and chuckled as Madam Malkin measured him over.

"Yeah, he came off as a snob," the green-eyed boy replied, Josh nodded in agreement.

Minutes later, the green eyed boy left with his robes and to Josh's surprise, a mountain of a man. Then it was Josh's turn to get measured. Josh waited patiently and was finished ten minutes later.

Josh exited Madam Malkin's and followed his mother to the book store, Flourish and Blotts. It took about thirty minutes for Josh to get his books in order. After that, they went to an Apothecary to get Josh a cauldron and some ingredients; then went to a store where he got a telescope, set of brass scales, and some dragon hide gloves. The two exited that store and Sandra led her son to Eeylops Owl Emporium. Josh smiled once he entered because he noticed a medium sized brown and black honed owl. Minutes later, Sandra and Josh exited holding the same owl that Josh had been staring at.

Josh and Sandra finally returned home around lunchtime. She helped Josh take his items back to his room then told him lunch would be ready in a little bit. Josh walked over and opened his owl cage where his new owl, Shadow, sat. He opened his window and Shadow took flight. Josh smiled and turned towards his things. He opened his new trunk with the initials J.M.A. on. Even though September was a couple of weeks away, Josh started putting his school things away except for his wand and his books.

Josh walked over to his bed and jumped on to it landing on his belly. He opened the book he was holding which was The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection. He couldn't wait to learn defense as his Great Uncle Ben was an Auror for the ministry. He wouldn't mind being one of those. He also couldn't wait for September 1st to roll around as he would finally be going to Hogwarts.