AN: WITCH and Touhou don't belong to me, nor does their characters. This also has a hint or two of AU(in other words, Phobos falls for the WITCH's trick at the end of season 2, and Cedric and Miranda are more or less still on Phobos' side).

With that in mind, I hope you enjoy my story:

The Fourth Heart

Prologue

Lightning arched in every direction imaginable. Whirlwinds threatened everything not tied down. Fireballs flew left and right, along with their watery counterparts. Plant roots and vines spurted from the quaking ground.

"I hate Mondays," Irma complained, throwing another ball of water at the giant snake-man, aka Cedric.

The jailbreak wasn't so big in numbers as the usual, as it had only the four escapees. However, each one was a gigantic danger to society, whichever way you put it. The aforementioned snake-man, Cedric, was among them, as well as his alleged girlfriend(much to the Guardians' disgust), Miranda. The other two were none other than the Prince of Evil himself, Prince Phobos, and his trusty bounty hunter, Frost.

At the moment, Frost kept Cornelia preoccupied, cutting down vines that shot up in his rhino's way. Irma and Taranee were trying to stop Cedric with the "hot and cold" treatment, although he was very determined to knock them down with his tail. Hay Lin was busy redirecting Miranda's webs with her own wind. Last but not least, Will and Elyon were fighting off Phobos.

"First a pop-quiz, then a jailbreak? Monday the thirteenth really has it out for us." Taranee commented, preparing another fireball, "I don't know how much longer I can handle this."

"Don't let up, girls!" Will said, "Just a little bit longer!"

"Don't waste your breath, Guardian." Phobos grinned, sending a charge of magical electricity at Elyon. Elyon dodged it, but found herself being chased by the lightning. As the Meridian queen flew around, trying to escape her brother's spell, Phobos pulled a large tome from seemingly nowhere.

"I shall never be imprisoned again, but I can't say the same for you!" He laughed, opening the book. He held out one hand, and recited the grimoire's words,

"Boundary of Life and Death,

"Boundary of Real and Not,

"Send these Guardians,

"Where they shall eternally rot!"

Of course, the original text wasn't pointed directly at the Guardians of the Veil. And as fragile and unstable as magic is, such a mistake would mean everything. Instead of sending the girls to some prison dimension, like what he was hoping for, a large rift appeared in the floor.

Unlike the folds that allowed the girls to move between Earth and Meridian, this one was a hellish red color, and there were golden eyes staring out from it. A powerful wind picked up, and began dragging everything it could towards the gap.

The Guardians situated in the air were the first to go, namely Hay Lin, Taranee, and Irma. While Irma and Taranee screamed in surprise and fright respectively, Hay Lin let out a cheerful "Weeeeee!" as she was pulled in.

Cornelia covered her feet with vines, trying to keep herself grounded. In the process, she let go of Frost and his steed, getting the two sucked in. Frost cursed rather loudly, while his rhino simply roared, as they fell in as well. Will had to hold in a chuckle, before she realized she too was being pulled towards the vortex.

She called out, "Cornelia!"

As Cornelia attempted to help her friend, Cedric tried to do the same for Miranda. He hugged her close, trying to shield her from the wind. However, as if someone really did have it in for them, they were knocked down by a powerful gust of wind. In one go, the portal swallowed up the bizarre couple.

Phobos clung to the bars of a nearby cell. While he hadn't really took the time to study his surroundings since the escape from his cell, he was sort of glad he had not yet left the dungeons just yet. To his and the last remaining Guardians' chagrin, the persistent winds picked up once more.

Cornelia and Will were loosely tied to the ground, their bodies caught up in the wind as they tried to gain control of their flight. Suddenly, the vines that literally rooted them to the ground snapped, unable to take the stress anymore. As the girls screams were cut short by the vortex swallowing them, Phobos almost laughed in triumph.

That is, if he wasn't losing his grip. Realizing his mistake in the book, he angrily threw it to the portal, "Damn you! Wait a min-AAAAAAHHHH!"

While throwing the book, he had let one of his hands off the bars. He fell through the gap, screaming curses at everything he could think of, before getting cut off by the vortex. As soon as he was through, the gap snapped shut. besides the gashes in stone, and the scorch marks from lightning and fire, there was naught a trace of the battle beforehand.

A few minutes later, the room filled with guards, the young queen cutting through the middle. She looked on in confusion, asking nobody in particular, "Where did everybody go?"