Ch. 22 Justice's Tale
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An: Many apologies for this taking so long. Between writers block and my computer dying I haven't had much typing time. I'm really going to be crunched for time with college starting soon, so my updates are really going to be sporadic now. Thank you to those who have stuck in there with me so far.
Dharniel nodded and said, "Could you draw Justice please Mr. Potter?"
Harry obeyed and read aloud, "Injustice have I seen/ injustice will I rectify/ justice will I bring/ as my maker bade me."
"Right, Justice's tale is basically the same as the others. A Seighliegh Sidhe fell in love with a mortal witch and decided to live with her Overhill. They lived happily enough for a while. They even managed to have two children, a boy and a girl.
There had been rumors of witch-hunts in neighboring villages, but they remained untouched for years and so dismissed the threat. Then the witch-hunt spilled into their village. The villagers took his wife and daughter but he managed to escape with their son. Justice tried to rescue the women, but failed."
"Sir?", Hermione interrupted hesitantly.
"Yes?", He answered patiently.
"We learned in history that the witch burnings were pointless because of-", she began.
"They were hung before they were burned."
"Oh."
"Justice took his son Underhill for many decades. All that time he seethed at the injustice of what had happened to him and so he bound his soul to a blade of his own forging. He forged the blade out of cold iron so that it could be used against mortal weapons. All of his bearers are under a geas to right any injustice they come upon. He works the same way as Need and Vengeance do. Unlike Need, Justice and Vengeance won't Heal you. Do you have any questions?", Dharniel asked. Harry shook his head mutely.
"Good. Now, just a few more things and we'll let you go.," Tani said, "First off, you should carry the blades around with you as much as possible. Once they've properly bonded with you they will talk to you mind to mind."
"Eventually it'll be getting them to leave you alone will be the trick.", Kyana interjected.
"Exactly," Tani said and continued, "secondly, at night they will train you in your dreams. Now don't worry about getting rest, you'll wake up as rested as always. The last thing I can think of is that there's a house in the country that was deeded to one of Hope's bearers a few generations back and has been passed down with the blades ever since. If you want you can spend your holidays there. The place is at your disposal now."
"You don't have to decide right now, the house keeps itself in good order.," Vestan said.
"Has for the past ten years.", Kyana put in.
"Y'all haven't used it for that long?", Janie asked startled.
"Not really, no. It's in good condition though, nice and clean. If you do choose to stay there we'll give you the grand tour and all before we turn the keys over.", Kyana answered.
"I think that's everything, have I missed something?," Tani asked. The other three shook their heads. Just then a bell rang.
Hermione checked her watch, "That was the lunch bell."
"Right, if any of you have questions just write to us and we'll try to answer them.", Tani said. "Let us show you how to put the sword belts on and then you can go."