Clarifications: this happens before Alanna, in the reign of Jon's grandfather, the conquerer. I don't know what her name really is so I'm just giving her anything. Sweet last chapter!
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Themma's Escapades
Chapter 5: Homecoming
Themma once again was stuck in the bloody sinkhole Trebond. But this time, she didn't hide her nature. Her family had gone too far. Oh, we couldn't bear the shame, they said. What had they done? They'd changed Themma's bloody name. Now she was "Lady Charyelle of Trebond." Bullshit. She would always be Themma of Mel Harbor, always. Never would she forgive her parents. The only reason she didn't commit suicide was frequent letters from her friends, particularly Roald's. If Alan ever saw Roald's letters, he would probably freak on the first sentence. So Alan never saw them.
But soon disaster struck. Unwittingly, Themma's ankle charm to ward away pregnancy broke while she and Alan preformed one of those four times a week tortures that Alan referred to as 'producing an heir.' After two weeks the fief healing woman happily pronounced her healthily pregnant. Themma had no idea what was good about the whole damned thing. It was horrible. Not only did her gods-be-damned parents keep fussing over her, Alan seemed to get this protectiveness that made him think she couldn't walk down a staircase alone. Suicide would be a welcome option, but no one would let her near so much as a butterknife.
Her parents had gotten over their fury with her, but they still called her Charyelle, and legally that was her name, however much she disliked it. She spent most of her time in the tower room, reading or practicing her fencing. She had all her meals delivered up there, and almost never came down, since she wasn't allowed to go riding. Soon the villagers just accepted her as eccentric, and stopped muttering rumors.
When she finally was ready to bear her child, it was horrible. When it was finally born, she saw it was a boy and out of bitterness and rebellion, she named him Thom. She hoped he could never wield a sword, and that he would do something horrible, like become a great mage murder his father. But it wasn't over. She was having twins, and it was the second that killed her. A girl, almost exactly like her brother. Themma looked at Alan, the deep lines of worry in his face, and realized under all that stiffness, under all that prejudice, he truly loved her. She thought of all the horrible things she had done to him, how badly she had treated him. One last faithfulness, she thought. I'll do one last good. With her dying breath, she named the child Alanna.
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How sweet, huh? R/R, everybody!