I'm saying that the flashback is set when Merlin is like 5. He is recounting the indented part to Lancelot.
Disclaimer: *incessant barking that no one can make out* What's that? Are they saying that BBC has relented to sell me Merlin? *barking continues*
Prompt: From anonymous user: Merlin has a fear of Arthur's hunting dogs.
Rating: T
Genre: Hurt/Comfort
Characters: Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Gwaine, Percival, Leon, Elyan, (my characters Sir Malory, Cavall, Glesig, Ruffles, and Horse), bandits, mentions of Cenred and Uther (gosh that is a lot of characters)
Time Frame: Post Season 3
Summary: They are about to leave for a hunting trip, and Arthur has decided for whatever reason to bring the dogs this time around. 9 parts!
Let's Go On An Adventure
Merlin, despite the fact that the soles of his feet were in shambles, kept fleeing the snarling hounds.
Somewhere beyond the treeline, the child imagined the fearsome King Cenred laughing as his pet dogs chased the little sorcerer. Cenred was the only person who scared Merlin more than the elusive King Uther; Uther's dogs didn't sense magic.
One of the dogs caught his leg. Merlin cried out as his ankle twisted out from under him.
Then someone called them back.
...
Merlin recounted the story in a voice barely above a whisper. Lancelot's heart hurt for his friend.
I don't know if you can train dogs to sense magic without the use of magic, hence why Uther doesn't have them.
Pretend that Cenred didn't know that the dogs were actually chasing something so close to Camelot's border. He was just letting them run.
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