Hey everyone I hope you all like my story. I have decided that for this chapter, I am going to focus on the bad guys in my story and the organization that I call "The Seventh Circle" also I would like to tell you in advance that Alastor is a real deamon from folklore, not just another character that I made up. I hope you like, pleas review :)

Chapter 6 The Seventh Circle

Revenge, that's all Pitch wanted, as he paced back and forth, trapped in his own world of nightmares. "I will kill Swift, and all of the Guardians, slowly, painfully, and then, I will have to see if that Capp fellow is still around" he said to himself when all of a sudden he heard a voice.

"I see you're still moping around in here, all sad and feeling sorry for yourself".

"Aaa, Alastor, what do you want, can't you see I am planning my revenge".

"No, all I see is a once great ruler of darkness, that can't even get out of his own trap. But I didn't come here to argue, I came here to make a proposal. I will use my power to let you out, if you will join me in the Seventh Circle."

Pitch thought about it for a bit and then said, "What do you want me for, cant you get by with only three members in your little Circle?"

That made Alastor mad and then he said, "Don't you get it? The Seventh Circle is the most powerful group of evil and darkness there is, it is probably one of the only groups of darkness strong enough to take down the Guardians, and I know that you like that idea, and finally you have until I count to ten to decide, if you don't join, you will be left in this hellish world of yours for infinity."

Pitch replied saying, "Fine, fine, I will join, just get me out of here. And what is the big rush? You have all of the members of the Circle lined up, their isn't but one member of the First Clan of Four."

Alastor quickly replied saying, "You fool, don't you see, all of the First Clan is there, they just don't know it."

"But who are they then?" Pitch asked, "I know Capp is the leader, but who are the rest? All I know of is the Seventh Circle with me, you, Satan, and the Grim Reaper, but that's all I know."

Alastor shook his head and said, "The First Clan of Four consist of Capp, Swift, Jack Frost, and Thor. When they figure out that they are the First Clan, they will be an unstoppable force of good, and they will also control most all of the universe. I do not want to let them get started. We need to kill Swift first; he is the weakest, then Jack, Thor, and finally, Capp."

Pitch looked at Alastor and said, "I like the way you think, let's get started." And as soon as Pitch said that, Alastor took out a magical shaft and gave it to Pitch. It is about one foot long, and has a black crystal ball at the end, held on by what looks like a birds claw.

"What is this?" Pitch said with curiosity.

"It is a magic wand that will increase your power times ten, I am going to leave now, shurly you can get out with your new power enhancer that you have." And as soon as he was done talking, Alastor was gone.

Pitch stood there for a moment, not knowing exactly what to do, and then he figured it out. He held up his staff and all of a sudden a dark cloud appeared and teleported him back to earth. He laughed with his evil laugh and said aloud, "I'm back and stronger than ever".

Pitch started to fly towards the city so he could begin spreading his nightmares when a piece of paper hit him in the face. "What is this?" He said with a puzzled look on his face. It was a note sent to him by the Seventh Circle that said, "You are to meet us in Hell, at the Devils castle."

"Dang" Pitch thought to himself, "I am really running with the big dogs now." As soon as he got to the castle the first meeting of the Seventh Circle got started. The members were of course none other than the Devil himself as the leader of the circle, the Grim Reaper, Alastor, and Pitch.

The Devil stood up and said, "I would like to call this meeting of the Seventh Circle to order. I am not worried about roll call because I can see for myself that everyone is present. The first order of business for this month's meeting is the Guardians; we all know that they are the first obstacle in our way to controlling the earth and bringing back the Dark Ages. The second order of business is The First Clan of Four. I believe that if we play our cards rite we can get rid of the Guardians and stop the First Clan of Four from ever organizing, kind of like killing two birds with one stone. Has anyone got some ideas about how we should go about doing this?"

As soon as the Devil was done talking the Reaper stood and said, "We should kill the weakest links first, therefore making the group as a whole weaker altogether. I personally think that the Tooth Fairy should be the first Guardian to die because she looks to be the weakest."

When the Reaper was done Alastor quickly started and said, "I agree with Grim for the most part, but, I think we should kill Swift first. The reasoning for this is because if we kill Tooth, that will most defiantly force there hand and possibly cause the First Clan of Four to organize, and we don't want that. But if we get rid of Swift, that will make them weaker and it will also get rid of one of the members of the First Clan before it ever gets started."

There was a moment that everyone was quiet but then Satan looked at pitch and asked, "What is your opinion on all of this? You are the only one who hasn't talked."

Pitch did not stand, but just remained seated and said, "I think I agree with Alastor, if we kill Swift that will hurt them the most."

The Devil shook his head once with approval and said, "Ok then, all in favor of making the first move and killing Swift, in an effort to bring the world back to the Dark Ages say I." Of course everyone agreed and said I, "All who oppose sign of nay." Nobody said anything, "Alright then, we will now decide on how to go about killing our foe, who has some ideas?"

Pitch quickly rose and said, "This will be easy, I have it all planed out. You see, all we have to do is lay out some bait and they will come, all we have to do then is get Swift alone and it will be pretty easy from there on to get the job done."

Satan looked at Pitch and said, "That sounds good, but please explain with more detail."

"Ok then" Pitch said, "I can set the trap by scaring a whole bunch of kids with nightmares, I can assure you all that the Guardians will show up, I am going to assume that Capp and Swift will be with them or at least close by. Then Alastor and Grim should be able to keep the original Guardians busy. That means that Satan will have Capp to himself and wile Capp is otherwise occupied; Swift will be no problem for me, I already know all of his tricks so his powers don't work on me no more."

They all thought about what Pitch just said and then Alastor said, "I think that is actually a good plan."

Satan then stood and said, "Well, since everyone seems to agree on this plan, all in favor say I." Everyone once again said I, "All who oppose say nay, ok then I guess that is the plan we will use. When should we start, we need to decide when and where we are going to do this."

Alastor rose and said, "Why not start tomorrow, and for a place we should strike them in a place that means a lot to them, we should activate our plan in Burgess."

Satan and the rest agreed and decided that would be what they all would do. When tomorrow night came, they would all start there evil plan to kill Swift.

Back at the North Pole, I was waiting for North and Jack to return when all of a sudden the rest of the Guardians came in. First Sandy flew in on his plain of sand, then Bunny popped out of a magic hole in the ground, and last but not least Tooth flew in, busy with her fairies as usual. And then to my surprise, Swift came in.

We all sat and talked for awhile and got to know one another, or it was more like I got to know them. Swift had told me that there was a problem and Pitch had escaped his prison and that was why he had to leave in such a hurry.

After we had all talked for awhile North and Jack finally came back out. "O, hi everyone, I didn't know you had all came in. I and Jack have some big and exciting news for Capp and Swift. Have you guys ever heard of the First Clan of Four?"

I replied for both of us and said, "yes, I heard that I was supposed to be the leader and Swift was another member, but that's all I know besides the fact that there are four members all together."

North smiled and said, "Well right here is your third member." He then turned to Jack and asked, "Jack, do you accept the responsibility's that come with being in this group?"

Jack looked back at North and calmly said "Yes".

"Ok then" North said, "You are now an official member of the First Clan of Four. And Capp, I think I know who the fourth member is; we just have to find him. His name is Thor Odenson, better known as Thor, god of lightning."

I looked at North and said "I know right where to find him; I just need to go to Asguard." Right when I said that, a whole cluster of lights suddenly went out on North's globe and black sand swirled around it, followed by an evil laugh.

"Pitch" North said with an incredibly angry look on his face.

Jack looked at the globe closer and then noticed that where the lights went off was his hometown of Burgess, and where Jaime lived. "Come on" Jack said, "We haven't got all day."

I looked at North and said, "Me and Swift will tag along to, I want to watch." North agreed and we were off, off to Burgess to fight off Pitch and his nightmares, or so we thought.