A/N: Hey everyone! I know I have a lot of stories to update before I start another multichap, but I couldnt help myself with this one! The words just keep coming! For heavens sakes I have a future chapter done before the stuff in between this and it. Anyway, ever since the Syndrome all I can think about is Fimanda. You can place this before or after the syndrome. There won't be any spoilers for it here. Hope you enjoy!

I walked excitedly around my room. Finn would be here any minute. He had finally found some time, and was coming to visit me in Burbank. We were heading over to Anaheim to spend the day in the Magic Kingdom.

I walked over to the mirror and checked my hair again. I knew Finn wouldn't care, and that's one of the things I love about him, but I wanted to look perfect. What with everything that goes on, it's not often that we actually get to go on a date.

I jumped when there as a knock at the door. Taking one last deep breath in the mirror, I smiled and opened the door. Finn stood there. It seemed as if he had been looking down, but immediately he looked up and smiled.

"Hi" I said.

"Hey" he replied. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you" He held out a small bouquet. It was a tiny bundle of calla lilies and pink carnations, all tied up with a white ribbon. I laughed and grabbed them from him.

"Oh Finn" I said. "You didn't have to. Let me just get these in some water and we'll get going"

"Actually um…" Finn hesitated. "There's something we need to talk about."

I stopped in my tracks. A million situations were racing through my mind: he wanted to break up, he had to leave, someone was dead, he was dying. When you go through so much, you tend to jump to the worst conclusions.

"What's wrong?" I asked, practically shaking. Finn walked into the room and sat down with me on the bed.

"Um…I wasn't exactly honest about why I'm here. Joe called all of us about a week ago. He needs us here for something, but I was supposed to be off today, so I thought I'd come see you." I smiled, breathing a sigh of relief.

"That's all? Geese Finn I thought you were going to tell me someone died or something"

"That's not all" he said, frowning. My smile disappeared, my relief turned back into concern.

"Um…something came up, and Joe needs us today. He hasn't told us what happened yet, but uh…I think it's pretty important and it doesn't involve Disney Land so…"

"We can't go out today" I finished.

"No" Finn muttered. My form sunk. How could this happen? This was supposed to be our day. We never got them. Silently, I cursed the universe. I had this perfect boyfriend, and yet I rarely got to do the perfect things with him.

"I'm so sorry Amanda"

"Finn seriously don't be" I reassured him. I tried my best to hold back my tears. I didn't want to upset him. I didn't want him to feel guilty. "It's not your fault it just…it sucks is all"

"Ya" he said. "It does."

"I just miss you"

"I know I miss you too" Finn grabbed my arm. I sunk into him, enjoying whatever moments I had. We may not be able to go out on some date, but at least I could still hold him. Now that we lived on different ends of the country, it was rare that I even got to do that anymore.

After a while, Finn pulled away from me and stood up. Immediately I longed for his embrace again. More than anything I just wanted to spend time with him. I'd come close to losing him so many times now, and I always lived with the fear that it would happen again.

"I'll see if I can come back tonight. Maybe we can get some dinner or something." He leaned in and kissed me before walking out the door.

As soon as he was gone, I broke. It's not often that I have emotions, but if anyone brings them out in me, it's Finn. In a second, I found myself crying. The tears that I had tried so hard not to show Finn were streaming down my face. Just then, Jess walked in.

"Hey" she said. "I just saw Finn walking away. What…" Then she spotted me, running mascara and all. God bless my sister, always out to protect me. She snapped.

"Did he break up with you?" she shouted. "What did he say? I swear to God I will…" I grabbed her shoulder before she could storm out the door.

"Jess its fine" I said. "Joe needed him and the keepers for something unexpectedly. So we can't go to the park today"

"Oh Mandy" Jess opened her arms and walked over to me, locking me in a tight hug. "You know I'm not afraid to pick a bone with Joe either if you want me too." I laughed. Jess always knew how to make me smile

"No"

"I'll tell you what" she said, pulling away from the hug and looking at me. "Go wash up your face and the two of us'll go out. It'll be fun. Just us girls" I couldn't help but smile. It really did sound wonderful.

"Okay" I said. Jess smiled, and ten minutes later we were out the door.

A few hours later, Jess and I were walking around the kingdom eating Dole Whips. We had had so much fun, but I still couldn't cheer up for the life of me. I guess Jess noticed this because she stopped us. Leave it to her to always know when something's wrong.

"Hey" she said. "Clearly something's up so talk" Without meaning to, I found myself crying.

"I'm not even mad at him" I cried. "It's not his fault. We just never can catch a break! We've barely had any real dates at all, and this was supposed to be something special. We don't even see each other that often now and I just…sometimes I just want things to be different"

I guess I should have noticed where I was standing. Still, even if I had I wouldn't have thought much of it. Even as a Kingdom Keeper and a Fairlie, Snow White's wishing well wouldn't have set off any warning bells. Knowing so much about magic, I don't think about it that constantly. But I really should have paid more attention.

"I just wish I could have a normal life!" I shouted. That was the last thing I remembered.

I yawned as I stretched out my arms, feeling the bed below me and knowing it was morning. I guess it took me a while to realize that something was off. As I blinked my eyes open, I saw a netted canopy above me. My hands reached out and grabbed it. Then it all hit me. My eyes shot open.

I looked at the purple striped sheets that cradled me. These weren't mine. In fact, this wasn't my bed. I shot up, now sitting in the bed. I looked around. This wasn't my room. I have never seen this place before in my life. What the hell was going on here?

I found a phone next to my bed, also not mine, and quickly dialed Jess' number. With everything that could go wrong at any moment, I knew it by heart. I waited. Finally, I heard the phone being picked up.

"Jess?!" I exclaimed. Hers was not the voice that answered.

"We're sorry, but the number you're trying to reach is not in service. If you believe this to be an error…" I hung up the phone. I started hyperventilating. Something was most definitely wrong here. I was in an unfamiliar bed in a room I'd never seen, and now Jess' number was disconnected?

Did something happen to her? What even happened yesterday? I didn't remember how I got here. Quickly, I picked up the phone again and dialed the other number I had memorized: Finn's.

The phone rang five times on the other end. I tried to calm down. Maybe he just wasn't awake yet. Finally, he picked up.

"Hello?" he said, sounding confused. I didn't notice it though. At least, not yet.

"Finn thank god!" I exclaimed. "Something's wrong. I don't know where I am and I called Jess…" He cut me off.

"Whoa whoa slow down. Who's this?"

"Finn what are you talking about? It's me."

"Who's 'me'?" I wanted to punch him. Was he really fooling around right now? I was in a major crisis and he was playing games. I was too frazzled to realize the signs. Little did I know how very wrong everything was.

"Amanda" I stated firmly. My voice was getting angry. I couldn't take this right now.

"Look I don't know any Amandas" he sighed. "If this is some crazy fan call or something…please just leave me alone!"

"No!" I exclaimed, not so sure that this was a joke anymore, but there was no answer. I shouted into the receiver. "Finn. Finn! Lawrence Finnegan Whitman!" Silence. I looked down at the phone. He hung up on me!

What was I supposed to do? I was in some foreign place, I couldn't reach my sister, and my boyfriend didn't know who I was. What happened next changed everything. As I was trying to breathe, I heard someone enter my room.

"Amanda honey are you alright? I heard you shouting" I looked up at the speaker and screamed. Among everything that had happened in the past five minutes, nothing shocked me like this. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to faint. I wanted to cry. My mother stood before me.

"Mom?!" I exclaimed.

"Well who else would it be?" my mother laughed. I was freaking out, not thinking about acting natural. I was too scared for that.

"You can't be my mother! My mother died 10 years ago!" I shouted.

"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" My mom sat down on the bed next to me and placed her hand on my forehead. "You feel a little warm."

It was at this point that it finally dawned on me to play along. Whatever this was, I had to figure it out before someone could ship me off to a mental institution.

"I'm fine" I muttered. "Just had a weird dream is all. I think it screwed with my head a bit"

"Alright. Well breakfast will be ready in a bit. I'm making pancakes!"

"Alright" My mother left my room. I smiled until I was sure she was gone. Then it was time to freak out. I got out of bed and paced, trying to process everything.

Jess was gone. Finn didn't know me. My mother was here. Jess. Finn. My mother. In an attempt to let out my stress, rather than screaming, I pushed out in front of me, ready to send a pile of books flying. Nothing happened.

I stared down at my hands. My powers had always come through, whether I wanted them too or not. I had even gotten more control over them recently. So why weren't they working now? I tried it again: Nothing. Then it dawned on me.

I remembered the day before. Finn, the cancelled date, going out with Jess, eating Dole Whips by…oh my god we had been by Snow White's Wishing Well! And what did I say? I thought back, trying to remember my exact words.

I just wish I could have a normal life

I fell onto the bed. I couldn't breathe. The realization was so sudden. A normal life meant my Mom never died. A normal life meant I was never a fairlie. And if I was never a fairlie…I never went to Barracks 14, and I never met Jess…which means we never escaped together. Oh my god Jess was probably still there! Then, the other big problem dawned on me.

If I was never a Fairlie, I never met the Kingdom Keepers. I threw my head into my hands.

What had I done?

A/N: Hope you all liked it! Let me know what you think! Chapter 2 should be coming soon! Bye!