It has been an hour since we went over the plan to get the amulet out of the Everfree. Essentially we're going to enter from the south which is pretty close to Sweet Apple Acres, which I was informed is the farm owned by Applejack's family. Once we enter, we'll follow a very carefully thought out path. It should take about three hours to reach the middle of the forest and get the amulet. I'm already packing and about to head to the door when my hopes are crushed yet again...

"What do you mean we can't go yet!?" I yell at Twilight when she approaches me with some heartbreaking news.

"We can't leave, Josh, because of the storm coming in tonight. If we leave now we'll be caught in the middle of one of the strongest storms of the year!" She retaliates. However when I take a look out the window, there isn't a cloud in the sky. I'm about to call her out on her bullshit when Rainbow walks into the room.

"Yeah about that. My team is going to bring in the storm tonight so it looks like you'll have to wait a week to get your little amulet." She says with a smirk. Ok, I get it already. You don't like me and I don't like you, but that doesn't mean you have to-

"Wait a whole week!?" I yell as I cut myself off mid-thought. "And what the hell do you mean YOUR team? You don't control the weather, you can't just ruin my life more than you have already!" Now I'm starting to get mad.

"Yes, I do control the weather you jerk." She says in a disturbingly calm tone. "Follow me." She says as she walks towards the door. Despite my sudden anger towards her, I decide to follow her outside.

"Alright watch this you weird ape thing." She exclaims as she takes off suddenly into the air. Gees I've been called some harsh names before, but what she just said really takes the cake. As she flies straight up, I notice a single small cloud resting above the library, and what I see next makes me question reality. She lands on top of the cloud and actually starts to push it towards the ground!

"Wha... How... But that's impossible!" I yell as the cloud lowers closer to the ground. It stops about ten feet above me and starts to turn darker... and darker... and oh shit! Rainbow peeks out from atop the cloud and gives me an evil smirk before she starts jumping on it, making rain poor out like a shower. Suddenly I'm soaking wet and Rainbow is on the ground laughing her ass off.

"Alright alright, you made your fucking point." I mumble as I walk back inside. I head up to the bathroom despite the immature giggles I get from Twilight and Applejack. When I reach the bathroom, I enter then lock the door behind me. I grab a towel and begin to dry myself off.

"This is going to be a long week." I mumble to myself as I stare at my reflection.

I stare out the window from Twilight's bedroom as rain cascades down the glass. They really weren't kidding when they said this storm would be massive. Tree branches and other assorted objects are being blown all across town. Some of the debris even hit the library at one point and broke a window that I had to fix. Now it just has a wooden plank over it.

As I sit back on my bed, I pull out my phone and begin looking through my old pictures. If this thing is going to die soon I want to get all the memories out of it as soon as I can. I swipe through the pictures remembering the times before the destruction of the entire world. I tear up however when I get to a certain picture that brings back painful memories. I stare at the picture of myself, Austin, and Amber hanging out in Austin's backyard. This particular picture was taken less than a month before the outbreak. I zoom in on Amber and that's when the tears come. I whisper to myself, "I'm coming Amber..." several times before I hear a knock at the door. Expecting it to be Twilight I yell at her to "go the fuck away." I'm shocked when I see who enters

Rainbow walks in with a neutral expression that turns into a frown when she sees the tear marks on my cheeks. I never would have expected someone like her to be very empathetic, but here she is looking as sad as ever.

"Uh... I need to... talk to you." Rainbow says as she walks up to my bed. I remain completely silent but I don't object when she jumps up beside me. I just give her an unreadable stare for a few minutes before I notice she's actually waiting for me to talk. So I reply as blandly as humanly possible.

"What." Is all I say while I watch her look down at her hooves. After a few more minutes of silence she finally speaks up.

She sighs and begins her little speech. "I've been a jerk, I could have really hurt you and I didn't even try to apologize. When I heard crying coming from up here, I knew something was wrong and I had to check it out. Twilight told me about this Amber that you lost... What I'm trying to say is... oh this is hard to say, but, I'm sorry, for everything." She finishes and looks up at me with sad and apologetic eyes. At that moment I realize why she reminded me of Sarah. Those eyes... They express so much emotion with just one look. It was always easy to read Sarah by looking at her eyes, and the same applies to Rainbow now.

I'm speechless at what she just told me. This mare, with the biggest ego I've ever seen, is apologizing to me.

I just stare at her wondering what to say when she speaks up again.

"I want to start over." She says with a small smile that's barely noticeable. "I want to try to... be friends with you."

I think it over for a minute until I make up my mind. I hate it when people try to get close to me. I only let Amber and Sarah get close because I always felt a natural connect to them. But as I look at Rainbow I can see the same traits I saw in both Sarah and Amber.

I extend my hand to her. "I'm Josh." I say with a small smile.

Rainbow chuckles slightly at my gesture, then she extends her hoof towards me. I grab hold and shake it.

"I'm Rainbow Dash."

Author's Note

What? Josh isn't a total asshole? Oh he still is... for now. But now he's showing that he does have emotions! So stop complaining about his attitude

Ok anyway this chapter was a little short because I wanted to end it with Josh and Rainbow changing their attitudes towards each other.

I think from now on I'll write 1-3 chapters every Sunday unless I think of something during the week. So check back on Sundays for a new chapter... or maybe 2... or even 3! Who knows!?