Welcome to the next chapter of "For Myself."

I am glad that all of you like my story. Now there are a few things I would like to clear out.

1. I forgot to mention it, but English is not my first language. I am really trying to make my writing as best as it can be, but there will be times when I will just fuck something up. I am really sorry and I will continue to make my English better and better.

2. Harry's new father. Unfortunately or fortunately he is not important. He is a man from a smaller house in the North and he wasn't even an heir to it. I had two reasons why I made him Harry's parent. So for those that wanted him to be an important character, Sorry.

3. Magic. In this chapter, I will be presenting you with a few new pieces of information about magic which Harry can use. You need to understand that if I gave Harry all of his powers from his old life, then he would destroy everyone. So while Harry's magic will be strong, he needs to work for it. I like powerful characters, but not when they are powerful right off the bat without any drawbacks.

4. ASOIAF and GOT. This story is listed under GOT and that's where most of the plot and events will come from. I will add some things that were never in the show, but only when I will be sure that they will work. I myself only saw the show, but I spent a lot of time on the ASOIAF wiki reading about the events that happened before the show. One day I am planning to read the books, but I prefer to wait for them all to be released. So again, while most of this story follows GoT, there will be elements from ASOIAF.

Enjoy the chapter.

Revisited: 08.04.2021, Due to some plot in the future chapters I need to change the last scene. It is not a big change (mostly some wording) and I will inform everyone about this change in the new chapter. Also, I will try to fix some grammar mistakes I can find.

Disclaimer: I don't own HP and GoT.

Chapter 3. Moving Forward

After Harry managed to make a deal with Bronn, the two slowly walked towards the boy's house. They remained silent, but Harry was observing everything around him in case of another attack. You never knew if someone else wouldn't try their chances thinking that Bronn was tired after the last fight.

Meanwhile, Bronn was thinking hard about the kid. The man never had too good of a childhood himself, but the experience made him a stronger person. He might not be a good person and everyone could buy him for a good price, but he wasn't a heartless bastard... well maybe. Still, if the kid would provide him with good money and a place to sleep then he wouldn't harm him. Bronn didn't have anything better to do anyway and some free time in Myr could be nice. From what he heard the whores were not as good as in Lys, but hey, whores were whores.

The black-haired male sighed and followed the boy. It would be nice to at least know his name...

After another few minutes, the duo finally made it to Harry's house and the boy quickly lead his new housemate to the kitchen where a single table stood. Bronn quickly sat in one of the chairs and raised an eyebrow at the boy, "Well, you know my name kid, it would be nice to know yours."

Harry almost facepalmed, of course, he forgot to introduce himself. Coughing awkwardly Harry pulled his hood down and said with as much seriousness as he could, "I am Harry, sorry I completely forgot to introduce myself. It happens when one lives alone for too long."

Bronn widened his eyes a little when he saw the white hair and violet eyes. A kid with Valyrian looks living alone? Bronn couldn't help but ask, "Only Harry? No house name?"

Harry froze for a second before he narrowed his eyes at the man and said in a clipped tone, "Yes, only Harry."

The sellsword hearing the boy's voice put his hands up and tried to placate the kid, "I was just curious, kid, no need to take this tone with me. Even then I would give you a piece of advice. I already see that you hide your hair under the hood, but you will need to be even more careful. Slavers would love to get a hold of a kid with your looks. At least now I can see why you approached me."

Harry groaned, of course, someone would hunt him just because of his looks.

The boy ran a hand through his hair and answered in gratitude, "Thank you, I will try to be more careful when I go out."

Bronn nodded, "Good for you. Now lad, tell me. You want me to teach you how to wield a sword, so I need to know if you ever had any experience with it."

Harry drummed his finger on the table and thought about how to answer the sellsword. At first, Harry's mind went back to his 2nd year in Hogwarts. It was probably the only moment when he used a sword in a fight, even if it was against a Basilisk. The boy grimaced at the thought and shook his head, "No, not really. I am as green as it comes to sword fighting as you can be."

"Good, it is easier to teach someone from the ground than make them relearn everything. Now it is pretty late, so show me where I will sleep. And don't worry, as long as you pay me, no harm will come to you from me."

Harry nodded but wasn't convinced in the slightest after Bronn's last words. He then told the man to wait for a moment when he went to his mother's room. The wizard quickly went around it and gathered everything that he didn't want the sellsword to see. It wasn't much, but Harry would sleep better with the items secure. It was a bit weird to give a stranger a room that belonged to his new mother, but it was the only way.

The boy then went back to the kitchen and showed the room to Bronn who didn't wait even a moment, closed the door and went to sleep. Harry shrugged at the man's rude behavior and decided to go to sleep himself. But first, he needed to make sure that nothing would kill him in his sleep.

He might not be able to create normal wards, but there was a way for him to erect a few weaker ones that should do the job. He quickly found one ruby when he searched through his mother's jewelry and began inscribing it with small runes. The small stone might not be able to hold too much magic but it should be enough.

After Harry finished the runes, he put some magic into the ruby and noticed that it was much harder to transfer any energy to it. Not impossible but harder. He then went back to his room and after he closed the door, Harry placed the stone under it and channeled a bit of magic into one of the runes.

He was pleasantly surprised when a little dome of magic covered the door before disappearing without a sign that it was ever there. Harry wasn't sure if runes would work, but it looks like at least one of the parts of his old magic work. It is a lot harder to put magic into them but maybe with time, it would get easier.

The wizard then changed into his nightclothes and laid down in bed. It was good to know that at least now he would be noticed when someone would try to enter his room. With a sigh, Harry closed his eyes and let the sleep take him.

Next day

When Harry woke up he was glad that he could still feel the magic coming from the ruby. It meant that at least wards stones were working as they should.

The boy quickly changed into new clothes and after he collected the ward stone, he left his room. To his surprise, Bronn was already up eating some food that Harry bought yesterday. Harry was a little irritated as he only made a deal about a place to sleep and sword fighting lessons, not food.

Fortunately, Bronn decided to explain himself, "Sorry for the food kid, but I didn't want to go outside before you wake up so I helped myself. You can take it from my payment."

Harry could agree with that, "No problem. Now, did you decide when will we start my training?"

Bronn nodded, "Tomorrow. I need to get a few things in the city and then maybe visit a few places," he finished with a smirk.

Harry shook his head in exasperation as he had a good idea which places the sellsword would visit, "Alright, as long as it doesn't cost me, I don't care."

The man smirked even wider and then said a little bit more seriously, "Good for you kid. Now tell me, do you have an idea what kind of sword do you want to wield?"

Harry's mind when to Blackfyre. Fortunately for him, the previous occupant of this body knew what type of sword is it, so he could answer the question, "Hand-and-a-half longsword."

Bronn nodded at his quick answer and Harry was glad that he didn't question why he chose this kind of sword. The wizard then prepared his own meal and as they ate in silence a question came to Harry's mind, "Bronn, why are you in Myr?"

The man in question looked up at the blunt inquiry, and after shrugging he answered, "Greyjoys decided to rebel against the throne in Westeros, so I decided to get as far away as I could. I might be a sellsword, but there was nothing to gain. So I took what I had and sailed to Essos."

Harry could understand his reason, there is no point in fighting some else's war if it was pointless. He also decided to fish more information out of Bronn, as it would be much better to have fresh knowledge about Westeros.

They finished their meals in silence and then Bronn left the house so he could do whatever he needed. Harry decided that it would be a good time to go back to his magic practice. Now he would need to be careful so Bronn wouldn't see him use magic.

From there, time again began to pass, and before Harry noticed another 2 weeks passed. It was the day Harry remembered that today was this body's birthday or name day, as it was called here. Of course, no one other than him knew about it.

Then there was the day of Harry's first sword-fighting lesson.

Flashback

After both Harry and Bronn woke up, the older man led the boy towards a spot he found yesterday. It should be good enough to let them practice without anyone noticing.

Bronn then took out two wooden swords from the bag and gave one to Harry. The wizard could see that it had it looked similar to Blackfyre, so it was probably why Bronn asked him what sword Harry wanted to wield.

"Alright, kid, normally I would make you do some exercises first, but I want to see if you can even hold a sword properly. Come on show me what you got," Bronn instructed with a grin on his face.

Harry nodded and took the wooden sword in both hands. Bronn himself brought his sword before him, but he held it with one hand. Without any idea what to do Harry ran towards his opponent and tried to make a wild swing at the man's left side.

Bronn blocked the move without any problems and answered with his own jab. Harry managed to block it thanks to Bronn not using his whole strength. The boy then again threw himself at the older man, his inexperience and lack of skill showing in each attack.

Bronn meanwhile was watching every move Harry made. The boy might be unskilled with the sword, but his movement was very good. It was like he already had some experience in fighting but in some different forms. It should make teaching him a lot easier.

The man finally decided to finish his little test and with a quick move, he disarmed the boy.

"That's should be enough. From what I see I might even enjoy teaching you," Harry smiled at his teacher's reaction, but it quickly disappeared with his next words, "Now like I said, it is time for some exercises or you wouldn't be able to last five minutes in a fight."

Flashback End

The lessons continued and Harry sometimes cursed his new teacher. Bronn really took the role seriously and was running him through all of the drills that Harry needed to be able to fight.

When it wasn't a physical exercise, it was Bronn who instructed him how to wield the sword. He showed Harry how to properly hold it, defend himself, attack and what to do in different situations. It was going slowly, but even after those two short weeks, the progress was visible.

Now though Harry was in his room while before him laid a simple small stone. Harry was slightly excited as this was one of his favorite branches of magic, so he hoped that it would work.

The wizard focused with all his might and tried to guide the magic to accomplish what should be one of the simplest transfigurations. At first, nothing happened and Harry thought that maybe he would need to try again. But after a moment the stone transformed into a simple block of wood and Harry quickly dropped his hold on magic to shout in joy.

Unfortunately, his excitement quickly faded away when the block transformed back when Harry stopped using magic. He frowned at the result and thought about what went wrong.

He did everything as he should have and the transfiguration worked, so why it failed a moment after. He decided to try a few more times, but it always had the same result. He would try conjuring something but at the moment he was still too weak to do such feats of magic.

Even after a few hours, Harry was unsuccessful in even the easiest transfiguration. Irritated he decided to drop the subject and went to sleep, as using so much magic, tired him out.

One year later, 290 AC

One year, that was how much time passed since Harry met Bronn and began his training in sword fighting. The year was busy and Harry could easily say that he learned more about this new world than the previous occupant of this body learned during his eight years of life.

His lessons with sword progress really well. Thanks to his previous experience in dueling and fighting multiple enemies at once. Harry had a much easier time when he worked on his footing and awareness during battle. While he still needed to learn how to properly wield a sword, he was years ahead of people who would start at the same time as Harry.

The wizard might still be too young to even think of beating Bronn, but in a few years, it shouldn't be impossible. Hard, but no impossible as Bronn was an excellent fighter. He did not fight fair and thanks to it Harry learned a lot of important lessons. With sword-fighting being so different from duels between wizards Harry was surprised how many different tricks one can use during a fight.

Apart from learning how to wield a sword, Bronn proposed for Harry to learn how to use a bow along with knife throwing. At first, the wizard was against it as it would take even more time to train with it. But after giving it some more thought, he decided that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea. He wouldn't be able to always use magic for longer distances, so having another weapon to use would be helpful.

Then there was Harry's magic. Here he made a few interesting discoveries.

He finally figured out why transfiguration was not working. It turned out that after Harry stopped guiding the magic during the transfiguration, the wild magic began to run rampant, thus ending the change. The wizard was quite disappointed with the discovery as it meant that now transfiguration was probably unavailable to him... At least for now.

Sad, but Harry decided to not dwell on it and try something different. Like elemental magic. There he was really surprised. While he couldn't use water, wind, or earth, he could use fire without even focusing on it, plus there was the fact the fire didn't burn him.

No magic came to him as easy as using fire. Of course, it didn't mean that he could create firestorms on a whim. No, the magic was still very draining, and only with practice Harry would be able to use it more and more. The wizard also discovered he could use some ice magic, but it was a lot harder than fire. Nonetheless, he practiced with it as you never know when it would become useful.

Harry also tried to see how charms, hexes, jinxes, and curses worked with the new magic. And unluckily, they mostly didn't. The spells in his old world were all about control, so it was no surprise when Harry couldn't use them with his new method. Fortunately for him, occlumency, runes still worked and he could always recreate his old spells to adapt to this new style of magic. All he needed was time... He also wisely decided to not try apparition, not need to splinch himself.

Runes took a lot of Harry's time as he tried to recreate some simpler charms with their use. For now, he managed to make bottomless and featherweight rune matrixes. They were a lot weaker than the charms used in his old world, but at least now Harry would be able to take more things with him. Maybe in the future, he would recreate something more advanced, but for now, it should be enough.

He also tried to recreate some potions with indigents from this world, but thanks to Snape, Harry never cared too much about the subject. He could brew the most important potions, but he only did it because he needed to. Unfortunately, the wizard only managed to recreate the pepper-up potion and even then it was weaker than the old version.

Between his magic and weapon training, Harry kept up with his studies. There was so much to learn about this world and with his constant training, he was hard-pressed to find some time for studying. After he learned everything he needed about Essos he moved onto Westeros. He was a little surprised when he read about the Wall, children of the forest and white walkers. Everything about them screamed magic and Harry would really love to see them for himself. Well, maybe not the White Walkers, but the Wall?

Maybe sometime in the future as for now he already had planned where to travel when shit hit the fan in Myr.

Apart from the information on magic, Harry read some history about houses in this land. Not much, as it was not easy to find information about them in Essos, but enough to get the general picture of them. Of course, with it came the knowledge about Targaryens and with them the history of Blackfyres.

It was a surprise that his new house is a branch of House Targaryen. Then there were the numerous rebellions that never seemed to work. Harry didn't really know what to think of it, but as his new mother said, he would honor them. Maybe someday, he would take the name Blackfyre and try to give it a better opinion. At least now he would be able to work for the respect himself and not like when he was the-boy-who-lived.

Harry also tried to learn more about Valyria and the lands in the east of Qarth. Especially Asshai and Shadow Lands. Those were the places where, from the rumors he heard, magic was still alive. Unfortunately, he didn't find much and when he asked Bronn, the man also knew nothing. The same could be said about Valyria as there was not much known about it other than that they could control dragons and wield magic.

Harry was irritated at the lack of information but decided that maybe he would go there one day and see the land for himself.

And that's how the year went, with Bronn living with him, Harry didn't need to worry about people trying to break into his house. It was a welcome change and the wizard was grateful for it.

Unfortunately or fortunately for Harry's money, Bronn decided that he spent enough time in Myr and it was time to move.

Harry decided to walk Bronn to the port where a ship was waiting for the sellsword.

"So you decided to go back to Westeros?" Harry inquired as they neared the port.

Bronn nodded and answered lazily, "Yeah, the rebellion finished and Westeros is again a bit calmer. It is a good time to head there and see if I can find some good work. Nothing against you kid as it was nice knowing you, but I think that Essos is just too hot for me."

Harry shook his head at the last statement, but then he smiled, "And it was good knowing you too, even if you took most of my money." Not entirely true as Harry decided to steal some money from the slavers with his magic, so he still had enough to get by.

Finally, they stopped by one of the ships and exchanged a handshake, "Alright kid, this is my ship. Try not to die and if you will be in Westeros. Remember that I will always help you if you pay me enough."

Harry laughed lightly and then waved him off, "Yea, yea. Go on, old man."

Bronn flipped him a bird and walked onto the ship. Harry stood there for a few minutes and watched the ship sail away before he decided that it was time to go back. With Bronn out of the way, people might try to break into his house or attack him. So he would probably stay in his house and only go out for food and a bath.

That was what Harry did for the next month, he mostly stayed in the house and practiced magic as there wasn't much space to use a sword or bow. He began to focus more time on occlumency as it would be needed for something that should help him in the future.

Unfortunately, during the time when Harry was out of the house, he noticed that some people began to take more interest in him and he even was followed back to his house a few times. So the wizard decided to take a few precautions and prepare for the day when he would need to escape.

He bought a few leather pouches along with a bag. With the use of runes, Harry made the pouches bottomless. Even if the enchantment was not as strong as it should be, it still carried a lot more things than a normal pouch could.

In those pouches, Harry put all of the essentials like money, clothes, or some more important books. Then he put them in the bag which would carry everything else Harry would forget.

And it was good that he decided on those preparations as one night when Harry was still up, he heard someone outside. The wizard quickly looked through a crack in his front doors to see if they would cause problems.

To Harry's surprise, he saw two soldiers who carried the banner of one of the slave masters. The wizard didn't need to think long why they were here, so he quickly gathered a few scrolls that had his notes and rushed down into the basement. He tied Blackfyre's scabbard on his back and then put the weapon in it. Then he collected his previously prepared bag and put the scrolls in it.

That was when he heard the sound of his door opening. Harry cursed under his nose and grabbed a bow with a few arrows. It might be useful during the next few minutes.

With everything gathered, Harry rushed up the stairs and saw the two soldiers standing before his front door. Without wasting any time, Harry focused a lot of his magic and pushed his enemies back with pure energy.

They flew out of the door and fell down on the ground. Harry used this moment and ran through the door in hopes that the soldiers got knocked out. Unluckily it was not to be and after Harry got out of the house, the two guards got up and ran towards him.

Harry knew that he couldn't outrun them, so with a heavy sigh, he took out his bow and notched an arrow. He then lit it aflame with his magic and released the arrow toward the first soldier.

The man got hit straight in the heart without any way to survive. The second soldier saw Harry somehow lit the arrow aflame and got distracted. His distraction was long enough for the wizard to use his magic again and banish the man at a wall next to him.

This time he got knocked out and Harry sighed in relief. He might not be happy about killing, but it was him or them.

The wizard then threw a small fireball into his house, so no one would be able to find anything in there. It would be very bad if they found something that connected him to Blackfyre's house. It was better to burn the house and leave nothing behind.

Unfortunately, now Harry would need to find a place to sleep until the day. Then he would find a ship and get out of Myr. It didn't take him much time to find an empty alley to sleep in. It might not be the best, but it should be enough for one night.

The wizard made himself as comfortable as he could and let the sleep take him.

Dream

When Harry opened his eyes again, he wasn't in the alley where he went to sleep. No, from what he could see, he was floating above some Valley. The valley was a narrow cleft in the mountains through which a river that glimmers with a pale green phosphorescence ran. The mountain cliffs were so high and steep that no light went into the Valley. It was both a beautiful and scary sight.

When Harry looked a bit further he saw ruins of the darkest city he had ever seen. It had two levels. In the lower one, Harry could see destroyed houses where people probably lived in the past. From there a single path went up into the mountains until it came to the entrance of a castle. It was magnificent, but unlike the rest of the city, it was mostly undamaged. Harry wondered for a moment why he was even seeing it, but a loud roar gathered his attention.

Harry turned towards the sound and saw a huge white dragon flying right at him. The wizard wanted to dodge but could do nothing as the beast opened its maw and released a stream of fire towards him...

Dream End

Harry awoke with a gasp and quickly looked around in fright. He calmed down when he saw that he was again in the alley and the sun was out.

The wizard didn't know what to think about his dream, but he hoped that it was only a dream, nothing more. It was probably wishful thinking, but for now, Harry doesn't need to deal with creepy cities and dragons.

After the boy gathered everything, he covered his head with a cloth leaving only his eyes for the world to see. He then made his way to the port and after a quick search, he found a ship that would take him to Qarth. It was a long way from Myr, so no one would look there for him.

Harry then paid the owner of the ship and made his way to a cabin inside so he could get some proper rest.

2 weeks later, King's Landing

It was a quiet day when a plump and bald man sat by his desk reading through some new letters he got from his contacts. His name was Varys, the Master of Whispers, so it was expected of him to know of everything important that happened around the world.

As of now, he was reading through a letter that came from his oldest business partners. And what an interesting letter it was.

Illyrio Mopatis, as it was the name of his partner, wanted to inform him of a very intriguing event that happened in Myr. Normally Varys wouldn't care about such things, but what made his interest spike, was the person involved in the event.

A boy with very pure Valyrian looks was almost caught in Myr when two soldiers went to his house. From what Illyrio gathered, the boy killed one of the soldiers and knocked out the other with magic. At least, that was what the remaining guard said. Varys didn't want to believe in anyone using magic, due to his past, but it would be stupid to dismiss the fact.

Not much is know about him as he was rarely seen outside of his house and for the last year, the boy lived with a sellsword, so people left him alone. Fortunately, they managed to get his name, Harry. It was a weird name for someone of Valyria descent and Varys was almost sure that it was fake.

Now Varys didn't know what to do with this piece of information. A child with an appearance of pure Valyrian wasn't very rare, but when you add magic into the mix, the situation suddenly became very interesting. Even if Varys hated magic, it would be a shame to let such an asset go to waste.

He will probably send his spies to find the boy and learn more about him. For now, the boy was a big unknown, which could either help their plans or harm them.

At the same time, near Qarth

Meanwhile, Harry was unaware of Varys' plans for him as he waited for the ship to get to their destination.

The wizard spent on the ship two weeks and he could easily say that boat travel was almost as bad as every magical way of traveling. The only plus was the meeting of some sellsword who helped him train. It was an older man and Harry didn't even need to pay him for the help.

Now though he was glad to see Qarth on the horizon. The boy would need to be careful from now on and never show his face to anyone. It was a bit irritating that his appearance gathered so much attention, but what he could do?

Harry smiled lightly when the ship finally docked into the port. His new life might not be easy, but at least it was not boring.

End.

REVISITED AN: The scene with Varys was very bad when I came back to it. Most of it was complete bullshit and so I decided to change it. Now it makes a bit more sense without changing the plot too much. Also GOD! I was fucking bad in the past. The writing is so dry and simple that it hurts. I would love to rewrite it all, but I just can't find the motivation to do it. I would need to rewrite at least 8 chapters to improve the overall quality and that would take a shitload of time. That's why I am sorry that you are reading something of so poor quality and I hope you won't abandon this story due to my past inexperience.

That would be everything for this new AN.

Have a nice day/night everyone and I hope to see you in the new chapters.