A Knight In Need

Okay, so, the way I see this situation going forward, facing me now I'm standing between a crossroads leading into two completely separate paths. 

On one end, the skies were bright and blue, flowers of all sorts also bloomed along a path paved with gold, just go and get Ash out of there, and follow along the yellow brick road.

Then on the other, a murky forest path shrouded by an even murkier fog, just a single step through and I'll know only the unknown and the uncertain, stuck waddling the thick gooey mud of wait-and-see only to simply come to a halt at a destination that was just as unpredictable.

Sure, at first glance, pathway one seemed like the no-brainer out of the two, and speaking from the heart, I even wholeheartedly agree. But, let me just preface this by saying, what would be the point in me doing that?