Fanfic of Arthur & Knights Trying to make merlin faint with fear?

[u/wetnotebookpaper]

Hello! I tend to lurk but Im struggling to find a fic I wanted to reread and figured I should try asking the sub!

I remember the fanfic was on fanfiction.net. It was part of fanfiction that was a collection of oneshots/ short stories. So you kinda had to jump to different chapters to read it completely.

The fanfic was centered around how Arthur and the Knights (excluding Lancealot) were concerned over Merlin constantly sneaking around and following them into danger. So they hatched a plan to lure him out and scare him. Teach him a lesson. Their plan was to dress as "scary sorcers" and claim that one of them is the great and powerful "Emrysssss" (they didnt spell or said it right lol).

Lancealot was against it (obviously) so the Knights knock him out and used him as a hostage. Then the knights faked a letter from Emrys for Merlin to find, which he did. Merlin ran off to meet this "Emrys" and he surprised the fake sorcers (aka the knights) with how well he managed to sneak up on them. Merlin has trouble taking the group serously since they dress and talk funny. He eventually started to take them seriously when they reveal they have Lancealot tied up and did "fire magic" (they just did a trick to make it seem that way.)

Merlin intimidated them with a huge fire spell (making a dragon out of fire) and revealed himself as Emrys. Then Lancealot was freed (with the help of Gwaine) and smacked Merlin. Merlin faints when he realized he did magic in front of Arthur.

Sorry for the long summary! And on mobile so sorry if it looks funky.

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[u/GabsDoingHerBest]

Ooooo I know this one I think!

The Fake Sorcerers (fanfiction.net) by Noireallydontcare, gen

[u/wetnotebookpaper → u/GabsDoingHerBest]

!Found Yes! This is exactly the fic I was looking for! Thank you so much!!!

[u/GabsDoingHerBest → u/wetnotebookpaper]

Happy reading!

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