Yeah.. this story is a bit dif then the common Alanna goes to the convent story.. the main focus is on Thom, but it switches perspectives back and forth.. None of the characters belong to me, they all belong to Tamora Pierce
It had been eight long years sine Thom had seen his sister Alanna. It had been the day that he left for the palace when he last saw her in fact. He had tried to switch places with Alanna so that she could be the warrior and he could be a sorcerer. Maud and he were actually on their way to the convent when Coram had found Alanna in Thom's place. Coram had gone ballistic and rode after Maud, in the end making the twins switch places again. Thom sighed at the memory. They had forbidden the twins from seeing each other until Thom was to be knighted. He mentally shook himself; it was doing him no good to think of the past right before his Ordeal. He didn't want to fail anyway, but if he did, he wouldn't be able to see Alanna. He shook himself again, this time talking to himself.
"Come on Thom! Snap out of it!"
"Snap out of what?" Thom turned to see his knight-master, Prince Jonathan, looking at him curiously.
"Im just nervous. Not only do I hade the Ordeal to go through, but after Im done and have passed, Gods willing, I have to prepare myself to meet my sister, Alanna. I haven't seen her in about eight years and she is to be at my knighting ceremony."
"You have a sister?"
"A twin sister to be exact."
"A twin? Gods, Thom! I know you don't talk about your family or your home, but to not tell that you have a twin? Wait a second," Jon pasued as he thought, "that's who you sent all those letters too, isn't it? And I just thought that you had a sweetheart somewhere. Anyway, as to the nervousness, don't think about your sister until after the Ordeal. As for the Ordeal why don't we go down to the Dancing Dove and talk to George? At least we will be among numerous friends."
Thom looked at Jon, then down at a letter in his hand, announcing that Lady Alanna would be coming to court. He sighed again and looked up.
"To the Dancing Dove it is then, Jon."
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