I can be your best friend

Question: People are scared of me but I am loved by some. I can be your best friend but could become your enemy in a blink of an eye. What am I?

Question: What tastes better than it smells?

Question: What goes in the water black and comes out red?

Question: What asks but never answers?

Question: Resurrected, they descend by the millions. Sometimes, to nourish and give life. Other times, to take lives or destroy. They have been known to fill entire valleys and block roads only to disappear before executing their long journey back to the top. What are they?

Question: I have 6 faces and 21 eyes, but can't see a thing. What am I?