A/N: Hey? Um...I'm new here, don't kill me if you think it's stupid. I'm not sure how you guys will react to this, anyway.
Okay, so, I remember there was an episode in which Jester uses the word "Tomfoolery" which was not a word at the time. Tomfoolery came in the fifteenth century or around there. Because of a man called Tom Fool.
And for some reason, this clipped into being. It's the story of Tom Fool, only modified slightly. I'll tell the real story at the end.
Is this story short? Yes. Do I care? NO.
So, enjoy.
Jester may play the part of a foolish…well, fool, but he was vengeful and jealous. That's where his tricks were so important, pulled off as harmless tricks from a jester, but really his revenge against those who spited him.
When Jane continuously slipped out of the castle, not on any knightly duties, her father implored Jester to go see where she was off to. Jester complied, not expecting very much at all.
He found what was going on, though.
It seemed the village carpenter, Amneth, had caught Jane's heart, and she had been slipping off to see him. This would not be looked well upon for not only was she going to be a knight, she was high class, and he was an illiterate carpenter!
Of course, Jester grew angry, very angry, for he loved Jane, his jealous nature taking over. His mind began to hatch plans, and most were discarded, until the last one remained, the best option in his rage-blinded mind.
Returning, he merely reported to the Chamberlain that Jane had been taking walks, and continued to plan and plot.
Two weeks later, he invited Amneth to the castle, at night, when no one was awake. The two were in the kitchen, drinking juices and the like, and Jester slipped something into Amneth's drink.
Amneth died.
Of course, now he had to get rid of the body, so, Jester took Amneth's arms, and pulled him up the stairs, the late carpenter's boots making a thumping noise on each step. Once out of the kitchen, Amneth was dragged out, and hidden deep in the woods, buried carelessly.
Jane never ventured to ask what had become of him, knowing they would ask why she cared, Jester never spoke a word of his evil deed, not even in the mandatory confession, and everyone else was none the wiser.
But, for a long while, Pepper would speak of hearing rhythmic thumps coming from the stairs, as though someone in booted feet was being dragged up it.
A/N: boogie, boogie, boogie! It's a modified English ghost story! and Amneth comes from Shakespeare's son, the one that died. Um...right.
Wait, no-Amnet was Shakespeare's son, Amneth is the again slightly modified name of the original name for the character Hamlet-Amleth. The name is derived from the Saxo Grammaticus, the Chronicon Lethrense and Annales ludenses. Those are three different accounts of Amleth. If you actually read that-I am so proud of you.
In the real story, Tom Fool is just sees them by chance, and tells his master. His master gets all angry and tells Tom to get rid of the carpenter. So, Tom kills him, and drags him up or down (can't remember which) some staircase. People hear the thumps today.
But this isn't as disturbing as the next one. That's right! I'm doing most every ghost story from there I can get my creepy little hands on. Yay.