Lord Merlin managed to draw an attention of a local bandit and a thief Arthur Pendragon. Merlin is not sure however if it's such a bad thing
Yes, there will be mistakes, grammar or others, Sorry for that :)
Also I do not own Merlin or any of the characters there, this amazing piece of art belongs to BBC ;)
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Merlin was walking calmly through the forest. When suddenly he heard a cracking of branches somewhere behind him. He quickly turned around but there was no one to be seen on the path he was walking on.
Maybe a nice slow walk through the forest is not such a great idea he thought so be picked up the speed little bit. He heard some noise behind him again and this time when he turned around he saw a man standing on the path.
Merlin recognized him immediately. Blond hair, blue eyes, scabbard at his left hip with quite possible very sharp sword in it... not bad looking... wait what? Why would Merlin consider the local bandit not bad looking? Because that was exactly what Arthur Pendragon was. A bandit that keeps robbing noble of their gold and Sheriff's men are not able to do anything about it.
Merlin swallowed nervously, this was not good. He thought.
"Got lost my lord? Need help with finding the way?" Arthur smirked, Merlin was not bothering with answering and just ran in the opposite direction from the thief. He heard the man's laughter. "Why the hell is he laughing?" Merlin thought, but he quickly understood why.
Another man emerged from being the tree and stood in his way. Now the laughter makes sense, he knew that Merlin will not get far. The man who walked from behind the tree made a few quick steps and caught Merlin. Merlin quickly ended up with his hands being held behind his back when the man turned him around, so they were both facing Pendragon, who was calmly walking towards them.
"It's rude to ran away from a man who offers you a help you know?" he said with a hand on his chest as if trying to show how hurt he is by Merlin's actions, but he was very clearly trying not to laugh while saying it. The man who was holding Merlin chucked
"Funny that you are saying anything about rudeness... considering what you and your men are doing" Merlin said trying to hide his worries about what they might do
"You hear that Gwaine? People think that we're being rude" Arthur looked at the man who was holding Merlin
"What? Nonsense. Manners are everything to us" Gwaine said with a shock about what opinions people have about them. Him and Arthur could not keep straight faces any longer and started to laugh.
"Now... what do we have here?" Arthur said with a smile when we stopped in front of Merlin and Gwaine.
"Care to share your name with us?" Arthur tilted his head to one side
"Are you joking?" Asked another man who just walked up to them. No, Merlin did not hear him coming at all, it looked like the man just... materialized next to them
"No I am not Leon... please be so kind and expand my knowledge about local nobility" Arthur gesture for him to reveal the boy's name
"Allow me to introduce you to Lord Merlin Emrys... of Ealdor. Emrys family..." Leon started
"Is the owner of the Ealdor manor in the village... right" Arthur interrupted him with a bright smile
"Yes. Also his family pretty much owns the whole village" Leon confirmed and added another fact
Merlin was hoping that if these men did not know who he is, he might be able to lie and pretend that he is... well... nobody, but with know-all Leon here, this plan failed even before it started.
