A/N: Yo! Sorry for the long wait to keep my promise of the new version of Blackbriar Harry. Truth be told, the main issue that I can tell is that I accidently wrote it in a one shot format, meaning I need to add something before it, like a preface, to better explain events, and then I need to be clear that there is going to be another chapter, because that could have easily stood alone and maybe had a sequel, which was not my intention with it at all.

So, without further ado, Blackbriar Harry!

Chapter 1

Harry gasped for air as Vernon brought down his foot another time on top of his stomach, and Dudley smacked him in the back with a cane.

Harry could tell. He knew that this beating was different than all of the others before it, it had a more malevolent feel to it. He could tell that they were not going to stop. The family had finally gotten sick of him and decided that it was time for him to go. They would probably make up some excuse of a mugging or something and no one would look too closely at him, meaning that they would get away with it too.

Harry's eyes didn't show any fear in the face of death, rather, he was enraged. He was going to die by their hands?! He was going to give them the satisfaction of seeing them kill him?! No!

Harry's magic flared up at that thought and reacted to the wielder's thought of escaping them before they could get the satisfaction of killing him.

Unknowing to anyone, Harry's magic had a connection to another dimension because of the day that he lived through the killing curse. As Voldemort had attempted to create a horcrux out of him, a part of his soul had been split off as well as the horcrux and they had gone to the soul cairn. This meant that Harry was partially soul trapped when he was young, a skill that could only be used in another dimension.

So, as Harry had that connection to the soul cairn but was still living, it sent him to the only place that was close in latitude and longitude on the world of Nirn: Skyrim, more specifically, Riften.

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Three months later…

Harry laughed as he escaped yet another guard that had lunged for him in the game of cat & mouse that they were currently engaged in.

It had been three months since he arrived at Riften and the Dursley's were a thing of the past. He had been taken in by a new family, one that he actually liked: the Thieves' Guild. He had proved that he had a great deal of skill in stealth, lockpicking, pickpocketing, and enchanting. These skills made him the best new member that the guild had seen in years. The anonymous robberies in Riften attracted much attention from many clients, and many requested the Thieves' guild's help for lost or stolen artifacts, or for them to steal or frame certain people. This caused the thieves' guild to get a lot more attention and for some people to want more protection from them.

This also attracted the attention of their previous high level contract: Maven Blackbriar. Maven was a wealthy women with black hair and an imposing stature who only dressed in the finest cloth, always making sure that she showed off her wealth. She had been about to give up on the guild before this new change occurred. As their contract, and the only one who had showed them any loyalty, even when they failed, Maven was well within her rights to demand to know what caused the change.

Maven came down to the guild and asked the leader, who showed her to Harry. Needless to say, she was extremely surprised to see that the change was brought on by an excitable eight year old kid who had more pickpocketing skill than all of the guild put together. She was more surprised that he had a quick and clever mind that was able to pick up connections that most people missed.

These traits instantly endeared Harry to Maven, and Harry was taken to her the same way. She quickly became his mentor in the world of politics, sophistication, and upper level thefts and legalese. Harry quickly became Maven's protégé, a thief of no small renown and someone who could out talk the bards. This relationship was not hampered by the fact that Harry had little to do and when he was not with the guild or doing a job or hanging with the new members Vex and Sapphire, he was Maven's shadow, protecting and learning from her.

Mercer saw this and grew angry, because more attention to the guild meant more attention on him, and more scrutiny meant that they would quickly realize that he was the one who had caused the curse.

Mercer was quickly sending Harry on more and more higher end jobs that had the potential for him to lose his life or end up captured, and the one that he was currently on was the most difficult so far. He was meant to steal a horse in the middle of a warzone that was on the way to Skyrim.

"Stop thief!," Harry was shaken out of his thoughts as yet another guard lunged for him, this one skinning a bit of his arm, and making him have to stop and heal himself a little. This hesitation cost him as another Imperial border guard came up and smashed their sword on his skull, quickly and efficiently knocking him out.

The last thing he heard was a guard say, "Send him with the others."

Done! This is the new Blackbriar Harry story. I know that many of you were probably expecting something different when you heard about this, but I rushed the previous story and made it into a oneshot with a sequel in the next chapter, meaning that it wasn't an actual story. If anything it could be called a collection of oneshots due to the large gap between all of the different events. This one will go into the Skyrim storyline and explain the events that took place, meaning that there is going to be a good bit of focus on Skyrim and Harry's life in it, that is to say, previously, there was only going to be like one chapter for the summer whenever he went back, but I like the idea of having a large focus on both of the areas.

Here is some future events that come in Harry's life:

Vampire Lord

Dragon born

Miraak

Third faction in war

Thieves' Guild quests

Companions (w/out werewolf)

College of Winterhold

Dark Brotherhood (Astrid surviving)

Harry's current stats:

Speech level 75

Pickpocketing level 80

Enchanting level 50

Light armor: level 20

One handed level 30

Lockpicking level 45

Restoration level 25

Everything else level 10

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