Jester sat alone in his room. He was about ready to go to bed. But he could not fall asleep.
"I hate insomnia!" He said quietly to himself. The rest of the kingdom was sound asleep. Jester felt like a tomato in a garden of lettuce. He lay there a little longer than decided to give up. "It is no use. I can not seem to get to sleep!" He whispered to no one. Lately Jester had been having trouble sleeping. It was mostly due to the cause of him finding that rabbit. It was not just a rabbit. It was a dead rabbit. But it looked different from the rabbits he had seen before. It looked. Well, it looked bloodless. He had looked at the rabbits for a few seconds, but he could tell, there was no blood in it. He had not told anyone about it. 'Why get them worried over nothing' He had thought. But it was deeply affecting his proformances for the king this sleeplessness. Jester decided to get up and take a walk. 'Who know, maybe walking around will get you so tired you just fall asleep' He thought. He got up and pulled on his blue puzzle piece suit and walked over to the door. He pulled it open and stepped out. It was not totally dark out for the moon was at full tonight. He looked up at the sky. The stars shone like fairy dust in a world of bleak darkness. He walked out into the courtyard and tripped over something. 'What the…' He looked and saw Gunther's sword on the ground. "Hmph, he needs to learn to put things away" He said out loud while getting up and dusting himself off. He could not see very far beyond where he was standing, but he could see far enough. He walked around the castle a few times, but it was doing no good. The only thing it was doing was making him dizzy. He decided he needed more territory to walk around in. He walked outside of Kippernium's castle walls and started to walk around the moat. He was almost at the back of the castle when he heard something.
"Click." I sounded like a small pebble falling onto a larger rock. Jester looked around. But he could see nothing for the blanket of darkness that consumed him. He considered the possibility that it was just him being paranoid, or just a small animal, but he still wanted to go back to his room. He began to turn around when he felt something grab him by the shoulders and push him to the ground. He tried to yelp but whatever it was put a hand over his mouth. He could see that the thing attacking him was actually a man, but he looked odd. His eyes were red and his teeth had blood spilling from them. Jester struggled to get free but the man was holding tight. Jester expected him to try and rob him. But the man did something Jester did not expect. He leaned his head down to Jester's neck and bit. Jester felt teeth sink into the lower part of his neck then a shock run through his body. Jester tried to scream but the mans hand was still clamped over his mouth. The pain was horrible. It was like a sword was stabbing him all over his body. Jester felt like he was going to pass out. Finally the man pulled his teeth from Jesters throat and looked Jester in the eyes like he was deciding something. Suddenly Jester felt the man release his hand from around his mouth. Jester was going to yell but was cut off by blood falling into his mouth. The mans teeth were right above Jester's mouth and blood was going into it. Jester felt wozzy then he felt like his body was on fire. He started to pant trying to control the pain. There was a bang and Jester suddenly felt a burst of strength. He pushed his hand around the mans throat. He stood up and lifted the man into the air. Jester's eyes were burning and his body ached. He gritted his teeth and suddenly the man flew at least twenty feet back into the woods. Then there was a pang and the pain rushed out of his such as water in a strainer. Jester collapsed in a heap on the floor. He could here the man running away. Jester felt himself falling into a deep sleep. He only had time for one quick thought. 'What just happened?'