A/N: Hey guys! So I finished the Syndrome today(what a wild ride) and as Im sure you know if you've read it or are just reading it in general, its KILLING me. So anyway, I've been thinking about how Amanda cried after Finn opened his eyes and then closed them again, and about how Finn reacted when he got back to 1955. So that's how this happened! Hooray for sad fics! Enjoy!

Willa

It was almost as if I imagined it. One second, Finn was standing right in front of us, the next he was gone. Then, in another second, he had returned. This time though, his eyes were wide, his face full of shock. And if I wasn't mistaken, there was a tear in his eye.

"Finn?" I questioned, wondering if I had just seen what I thought I had.

"Tia Dalma" he muttered, not even able to form a coherent sentence.

"What?" Charlene shouted. I saw the concern on my friends' face, and felt it myself. Tia Dalma was dead; she had been for a while now. At least, that's what we thought.

"Finn what just happened?" I heard Dell ask from next to me.

"I..I'm not sure" he replied. "I just…Tia Dalma…Walt's apartment."

"Dude" Terry exclaimed. "You're not making any sense" That was the last we got of an explanation for a while though.

Finn stared into space, past us, almost in a daze. It was like he was looking for something…or someone, who wasn't there.

"Amanda" he whispered. Charlene and I looked at each other. Something had happened, and we didn't know what, but it involved Amanda. That explained why Finn looked like he was crying, and why he seemed so out of it.

"Finn?" Dell asked. "Do you wanna talk about it?" Finn shook his head.

"I just need to be alone" he whispered. Then, he walked over to one of the park's benches and sat down.

I grabbed Dell's hand and squeezed. Finn was hurting, and it involved Amanda. I just wished I could bring her over here now.

Finn

I'm still not sure what happened. I was standing there with the keepers. It was 1955. I heard an instrumental version of "You Can Fly". Children were laughing. Then, everything was silent. It was dark for a moment. And then suddenly, I could feel. There were lips on mine: her lips.

I opened my eyes and saw Amanda. There was only one explanation. I had returned. We still had a mission to complete, but yet here was Amanda, so welcoming, feeling so much like home. I was drawn to her. I wanted to sit up, and force myself back, and kiss her. I didn't know what to think .There wasn't much time to. Before I knew it, Amanda's face was replaced with an image, almost like a vision. Someone was grabbing my hand. I saw Walt's Apartment.

Then came a figure. I scowled, recognizing her immediately: Tia Dalma. She was looking at the music box. She should be dead. We killed her. She killed Dill. She should be dead.

It all happened so fast. I heard Amanda screaming. All over again I wanted to return, to go back. I wanted to hold her, to let her know I was there. But it was too late. Everything had only lasted a moment. Before I knew it I was drifting. I felt my eyes closing, heard the music fading back into existence.

As I began to return to the past, I thought I heard Amanda crying. I didn't realize it yet, but so was I.

A few minutes later I sat on a bench in the Magic Kingdom. I knew eventually I'd have to tell the other about Tia Dalma, but now I couldn't focus. I didn't even realize how much I missed her until she was right in front of me. Now I wanted her back, but we had to be here.

She had found me. She had come for me, and she was trying to help me. And here I was, leaving her all alone. Did she even find my message? Did she know where I was? Or had I left her stranded, not even knowing if I was safe?

The note I had written burned a whole in my pocket. It killed me to take it with me and leave her only an envelope, but this wasn't something to be seen when I was sleeping. No. This was something I had to hand to her. I had to be there when she read it. Slowly, I reached into my pocket and pulled out the small piece of paper. I stared down at the words I had scribbled on it.

I Love You

I saw my tears hit the page. I had thought about those words for a while. It didn't take me too long to realize that they were true. It was in her eyes. It was in her smile. It was in her kiss, and her embrace, and her laughter. It was in how she was the first girl I'd ever liked. It was in how she stuck by me, even when I gave her reason not to. I was in love with Amanda Lockhart, and she was my best friend.

Now I wanted her here, by my side, solving this mystery together like we had so many before. She was so far away from me. Where I was, she wasn't even born yet. I felt myself crying more and more. I heard footsteps. Someone sat down next to me.

I looked up and saw Willa there. I'd found that the two of us had always been able to talk pretty easily.

"I know you said you wanted to be alone" she said. "I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.

"I just miss her so much"

"I know" Willa grabbed my hand. "But don't worry. We're going to get back to her. We'll finish up here, and then we'll go home" Willa stood up. If she had seen the paper, she didn't say anything.

"Just come over when you're ready" she said. "We'll be here." Then, she walked away, once again leaving me to my thoughts.

I looked up at the sky, trying to dry my tears. I wasn't sure how this time travel thing worked. I wasn't sure that I could truthfully say that Amanda was out there somewhere. I liked to believe that she was.

I took a deep breath and carefully put the note back in my pocket. I had to warn the others about Tia Dalma. I had to finish up here before I could go home, and I couldn't do that sitting around. Before I stood up, I focused on the image of Amanda's eyes, rather than the fact that I couldn't see them now. I let her be my strength, not my downfall. Thinking of her, I walked myself over to the other keepers, determined to do what we came here for. Love is a powerful thing indeed.

A/N: So that's it, hope you enjoyed! Maybe I'll put other Syndrome related one-shots in here, I wanna do a couple more, or I might put them on their own. Hope you enjoyed and good luck everyone surviving until the Return. Bye! Thanks for reading!

-kingdomkeepers365