Because Percival needs some love. No, really; there are only four fics on this site – not including mine – with him stated as a main character, though that doesn't mean no one writes about him it just means we don't know when they do. Unless their summary states that the commoners turned knights will be in their fic. Okay, on to the drabble.
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin.
He hears them before he sees them.
Three small children. Alone. At the darkest of days. The darkest of any days…
And that's how he knows, even before seeing his fellow knights move further away, that he won't leave the children.
Even though it wasn't the wisest thing to do at that moment he lets go of his torch. It was either that or leaving behind a child; something that he would never, ever do.
Never leave anyone behind. That is something he will follow till his dying breath.
So he picks up all three of them and runs.