A/N: I hope you all like the story so far.
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize are Tamora Pierce's. The ones you don't are mine. I also own the plot, I hope that is saying something.
Different Destiny
The twins were led into the castle and then to what looked like a corridor that housed the students' rooms. On the whole way there Alanna tried to remember the ways they came from, but found herself lost quickly.
The old man had introduced himself as David of Eagles Peak, one of the Emperors most trusted advisors. As he knocked he explained to the pair that they would be Prince Gregory's personal servants. They were told that the prince was one of the most powerful student mages on this side of the Great Inland Sea.
After knocking on the door a boy of seventeen came and answered. He had long scraggly black hair, was of medium height, and had dull, clouded over green eyes. "Yes Sir David, you need me for something?" asked the boy.
"Oh no, Gregory. Your Father just thought you would need a personal servant so he sent me to the slave market to get you one and I got these two. I hope they are up to your standards," replied the old man.
"Well that was mighty considerate of Father. I will take them from here," said Gregory.
The prince then ushered the two in his room and slammed the door in the older man's face. "I have to go to class. Make yourselves useful and do something," he said gesturing around his room that looked as if it hadn't been cleaned in years. He then stalked out of the room and down the hallway.
"Thom what are we going to do? What will Father do when he finds us missing? Will he even look for us?" asked Alanna.
"Most likely Father will not even care that we are missing. The crown doesn't even know we were born so we are stuck were we are. Look on the bright side Alanna, you don't have to go to the convent now," said Thom.