YOU SAID:
I want my friends back
INTO JAPANESE
友達に戻って欲しい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want you to go back to your friends.
INTO JAPANESE
友達に戻ってほしい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want my friend back.
INTO JAPANESE
私は私の友人が戻って欲しい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want my friend back.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.