"Am... what... AGH!" I jerk up wide awake screaming at the top of my lungs, covered in sweat. I whip my head around viciously taking in my surroundings, not quite remembering where I am.

"Ah! What's wrong?" Twilight yells, obviously confused.

I calm down and pull my phone out of my pocket to check the time. I made sure to set it to Equestria's time before collapsing in bed. Back at the warehouse we had a generator that we used to charge small electrical devices. I had found a charger for my Iphone in a convenience store a few months back, and had been keeping it charged as it was my only means of remembering how the world used to be. I have the phone with me now, and the charger is in my backpack, but there is nowhere for me to plug the charger in which means... I only have whats left of the battery and then every memory of my past life will be gone forever.

Anyway, the phone says it is currently 3:30 in the morning although I'm now wide awake from my nightmare. In my dream I was back in the Walmart, trapped in that corner that could've been the death of me. Remembering Amber had made me wake up violently, almost falling out of bed.

"Amber..." I say in a sorrowful tone. "I... I saw Amber again..." I'm now looking Twilight in the eyes.

"Oh... I'm so sorry. Can I do anything for you?" She says getting out of her bed and sitting on the edge of mine. She tries to put her hoof on my arm but I pull it away before she can. I don't quite trust her yet seeing as how we just met.

"Unless you can bring her back, I don't want your help." I say rudely as I turn away and hop off the bed. I walk downstairs back into the library and just stand at the window, looking out at the town. It looks pretty quaint, it isn't all that big but its definitely not small. Houses line the street along with small stands and shops sprawled through the larger roads.

The faint sound of hooves on the floor let me know that Twilight is right behind me. She looks at me, then looks at a book that she's holding in her magic, then looks at me again. "I... think I might have something... that can help." She says with a small smile. I don't really know what she can really do for me at the moment, but I'm pretty desperate at the moment so I take her up on her offer.

"I found this book about ancient artifacts, and there's something in here you might want to check out." She says hovering the book over to me. I take the book and my hands and stare at it for a moment. When I finally come back to my senses I open the book to the bookmarked page. I begin reading the section out loud.

"It is believed that deep in the Everfree Forest there is an ancient amulet created by an ancient tribe of unicorns..." I snicker at the word 'unicorns'. It still seems dumb that this is all real. "Legend has it, the amulet can grant one wish per user..." I don't even finish reading the section before I run to the other side of the room and grab my gun and bow. If magic is real here, that amulet could very well be the answer to all my problems! "Out of my way! I'm going to the Everfree Forest!" I yell as I storm past Twilight towards the door.

Suddenly, I can't move. I'm surrounded by a pinkish aura that's holding me in place. I look to the left to see Twilight looking at me with a startled expression. "You can NOT go into the Everfree alone! Are you crazy!?" She says as she drags me away from the door.

"Let me go! I need that amulet!" I yell as I struggle against her magic to no avail.

"Look calm down." She says as she lets me go. "Listen to me for a minute before you go and get yourself killed!"

I decide to listen to what she says as I realize I have no idea what the Everfree Forest is or where it is.

"Ok, first of all, I will bring some of my friends here tomorrow and we will go over a plan as well as doing some research on this amulet" She says as she opens the book again. "See here? This amulet is said to be in the dead center of the forest. That's one of the most dangerous places in Equestria."

"What makes it so dangerous?" I ask starting to feel relieved that she had stopped me before I ran off.

"There are many creatures out there that could easily attack you and severely injure you or worse!" She exclaims

"What kind of creatures?" I ask starting to feel slightly nervous about actually entering the forest.

"There are many creatures in there like..." She starts rambling on for about five minutes before something she says makes my heart stop.

"...there's even these pony-like creatures that roam around the deepest parts of the forest. Legend has it, they're the corpses of ponies that have... uh, died" She says nervously. It seems like she hates the subject of death or anything dark.

"You mean... like... walkers!?" I exclaim as my heart beats faster in my chest. "You said there weren't any walkers in this world!" I yell at her. I can't believe she lied to me!

"Well, I mean... They aren't like the creatures that you described. They weren't created by a virus, they were created through dark magic."

"I... you!... UGH!" I yell as I storm by upstairs. I plop down on my bed as mixed emotions swirl in my head. I now have a new hope, something to keep me going. If I can find this amulet, I can bring back Amber. On the other hand... To get to the amulet, I'll need to face my biggest fears.

This is all to much for me. I'll just have to see how this all plays out. In the meantime, its still early in the morning and sleep is taking its hold on me once again. For now I can sleep peacefully, filled with a spark of hope.

Author's Note

Soooo... this chapter seems a little jumbled together and not as well written as the previous ones.
That's what I get for writing this when I'm extremely tired...
Anyway the next chapter will be better written and will introduce the character that I want the story to revolve around. Well along with Josh of course.

Anyway, I hope you're all enjoying the story so far! I'll try to get at least two chapters or more out every week. If I only write one or none at all, I'm probably tied down with school work.

I'll keep you all updated :)