I... I can't make the decision. Amber means so much to me, but Rainbow is the closest thing to a friend I have in this strange world. What do I do? What do I do!?

"No... I'm not giving up yet!" I say as I begin pushing down on Rainbow's chest once again. Nothing happens so I begin breathing air into her lungs once again.

"Come..." I push down one last time. "ON!" Rainbow's eyes shoot open and she gasps sharply. I put my ear to her chest and hear a faint heartbeat. I did it... I saved Rainbow... and I didn't have to use my wish! I can bring back Amber!

Amber can wait however, Rainbow is in bad condition, and we could lose her again if we don't do something fast. I pocket the amulet as I pick up the barely conscious Rainbow and begin full sprinting towards the hospital. Her forelegs lightly tap against my back as I sprint back into town. Tears of pure joy rush down my face as I realize I just saved both of my friends... Did I just think that? Do I actually consider Rainbow Dash as a... friend? I promised myself I wouldn't get close to anyone after losing Sarah and Amber but... now that Amber is coming back, I feel like I should consider at least one of these ponies my friend. And if any of them deserve it, it's definitely Rainbow.

I burst through the front door of the hospital in a sweat, heart beating fiercely in my chest.

"Doctor! I need a doctor!" I yell as I look around the lobby. Two nurses come running around a corner with a stretcher for Rainbow. I hesitantly place her down and help them wheel her to the emergency room.

Please... please let her live...

"How is she?" I ask the surgeon. It's been ten hours since I brought Rainbow to the hospital, but I still don't know her condition.

"Well you got lucky I suppose. If you had gotten to her any later, you probably wouldn't have been able to revive her. We did all we could, and we think she should be fine in a couple of days. Again, you got very lucky." The doctor says before he walks away from Rainbow's room.

I enter for the first time to find Rainbow hooked up to a few IVs and a heart monitor. She's awake now, barely, but awake. She looks confused though.

"Rainbow...?" I say as I slowly enter the room. I don't want to startle her. She stares at me with a shocked expression and she tries to shift around, only to find that she can't.

"Calm down... get some rest..." I say calmly as I sit in the chair next to her bed. A few minutes later she drifts off to sleep.

I can't sleep at all. I keep staring at her, thinking about the sacrifice she made for me. She barely knows me, yet she risked her life to save mine. She almost died because of me! Why is it that anybody I get close to dies!

"Ungh..." Rainbow groans. Looks like she's slowly waking up. "J...Josh... It worked... didn't it?"

"Y-yeah, you saved me." Tears start to well up in my eyes.

"And you saved me..." She says with a small chuckle that turns into a violent cough. I get up and sit on the edge of the bed and pat her back to help the cough run it's course. We sit in silence, the only noise in the room being the heart monitor, for a good half hour before I start to doze off. I lay down on the edge of the bed, leaving plenty of room for Rainbow, and I drift off to sleep.

I'm woken up by a light shove to the shoulder. I open my eyes slowly, but all I see is an orange blur.

"Well good mornin to ya Josh!" A southern accent, and orange, it must be Applejack. My mind is fuzzy from waking up so I don't quite remember where I am. Forgetting that I am right on the edge, I shift my weight ever so slightly, only to find myself hitting the floor with a thud.

"Ugh..." I rub my shoulder that I fell on. "Son of a..."

"Time to get movin sugarcube. You have that wish to make today remember?" Applejack reminds me. My heart races with excitement as I remember the amulet in my pocket. I take the amulet out of my pocket and stare at the magic swirling around in the gem in the center. As I look up from the amulet, I realize that Rainbow is missing now.

"Where did Rainbow go?" I ask Applejack with a curious glance.

"The doctors rolled her outside a few minutes ago, but they didn't want to wake you just yet. They sent me up here to get you once they made sure everything was ready." AJ says with a sly smile.

"Everything set up? What do you mean?" I ask, now curious as to what might be going on.

"Well follow me and find out!" Applejack says as she leads me to the door. I follow her out the door and into the lobby of the hospital. We exit the front entrance, only to find the last thing I was expecting. Ponies were scattered throughout the entire area in front of the hospital. Tables with food are set up around us, and a giant banner is set up parallel to the hospital that says "Welcome Amber!" Under the banner is Twilight and Pinkie giving me happy, warm smiles. I hear the sound of wheels coming up behind me, and I see a somewhat alert Rainbow giving me a friendly, yet weak smile. The six mares that I know gather around me, giving me different variations of smile and encouraging words.

"You guys did this... for me?" I say as tears well up in my eyes. "Go ahead Josh... Go for it You've been through so much since arriving here, it was the least we could do." Twilight says patting my hip with a hoof. I pull out the amulet one last time and stare deep into it's gem. I follow the magic swirling around in it for what feels like an hour but was probably only a few seconds. I walk into the center of the party and everyone goes quiet.

"Ok... here goes nothing..." I say confidently.

"I... I wish Amber Brown was here and alive!" I yell as I raise the amulet to the sky. Immediately, lightning bolts strike rapidly on a single spot across the party grounds, just in front of the banner. Wind swirls around the lighting and a bright ball of light starts growing on the ground where the lighting strikes. The amulet, now out of magic, explodes in my raised hand, turning into thousands of little shards. One final explosion of light covers the entire area surrounding the hospital, temporarily blinding all of us.

The light slowly fades away, and the dust begins to clear. I slowly turn my head to look at the area that was struck by the lighting. My heart stops and tears of pure joy being streaming down my face. Looking back at me, tears streaming down their face as well, is the one person I had been trying to saves since arriving in this psychedelic world.

"Amber..." I take slow steps in the direction of the little girl. My slow walking quickly turns into a full on sprint. She begins sprinting to me as well.

"Amber!"

"Josh!"

We meet each other at full force. Since I'm bigger than her, I basically tackle her to the ground. "Oh my... Amber... I can't believe it!"

"Josh... what happened? The last thing I remember is you disappearing along with the bike. I didn't know what happened to you... I was so worried! The walkers were about to get me when I suddenly appeared... wherever we are." Amber explains.

Only a few seconds passed between our disappearances huh? That means that the Amber I'm looking at never died, she's from the past. Even if my wish created two timelines, It doesn't matter to me. Amber is here now, she won't have to suffer on that God forsaken planet any more.

"We're home now Amber... We're home now..."

Author's Note

Boom! She's back! Now everyone can live in peace!

...Right?