I woke up feeling really tired. I know I'm going to have to leave today.. yesterdaynight I had a weird outburst about not wanting to leave Willow. I tried to shove thataway and focus on the goal of this. Getting back home. I probably won't see heragain, so why think about her?I walked downstairs and saw Willow waiting for me. She had dark green backpack inher hands, it looked like it was packed full. She glanced up at me and smiled."Thought I'd give you something before you leave." Willow said, she sounded verysoft but with a hint of solemness. She handed me the bag. "To remember me..maybe?"I took it and tried to smile back, despite being nervous. I opened the bag to find anassortment of things; bandages, a box of matches, food, water, and a book. It wasthe same book I was reading earlier. "Escape". Oddly, there was also a stick. Itlooked very pointy, like it could stab someone. I guess for self defense? I wore thebag on my back, I kinda looked like a little kid on his first day of school which feltembarrassing. I'm glad Willow gave it to me though, she really cares I guess."So... you ready?" Willow asked. I nodded, and she lead me back down the hallwayby the glowing door. She offered me the key. "Would you like the honor?"Of course I took it. The key was very dusty.. I don't think it'd been used in quite awhile. After brushing off the dust, I put it in the lock and slowly twisted it. I verycautiously opened the door, and got hit with a large beam of white light. Afteradjusting to it, I faced Willow. She admitted something to me that lightened mynerves a bit. "I'll be honest... I'm gonna miss you. Being here alone is hard... butyou have to go. Don't think of me. You can do this! You have... power."I took a deep breath, and walked through the door.Part 5.5: Twinsies The last thing I heard from Willow was "Good luck! I'm counting on you!"It was hard to see at first but after adjusting, I realized I was in a tunnel. I walkedforward for about 5 minutes, until I reached the end of it. There was an exit to thetunnel, leading to what looked like another pathway with a forest on both sides. Itwas... kinda calming. Just.. trees, bushes, and quiet. I took a minute to just admirethe surroundings. It was really pretty despite it all being black and white.I started to walk along the path-Then I heard a noise. There was some rustling in the bushes. I stopped in place, andstared at the bushes. What the heck...I decided to make a dumb move and approach the bush. I moved as slow as possible,as my heart beat a hundred miles an hour. On some sort of STUPID instinct, I stuckmy hand in the bush. I hit something hard, and then heard a voice screech"OWWWW! WHAT-". I jumped back in fear and watched as two.. creatures came outof the bush. Neither of them looked human- but they both looked very similar. Onewas tall, the other very short. The tall one had white (literally bright white) skin,black eyes, wore a white sweater and sweatpants. It was holding a black crown in it'shands. It also had a heart shaped tail, with a Yin-Yang sort of design on it. The tallone seemed angry, I'm guessing it was the one I punched on accident.The shorter one looked a bit more simple, it's head was half black half white (onceagain in a Yin-Yang sort of look.) One of it's eyes was white, the other was black. Theshort one also had white a t-shirt on with 2 thick black stripes along the torso. Itwore black pants and black shoes. Very basic... and it looked kinda nervous. Like itdidn't wanna be there. Right away, the tall one started yelling at me. "WHY'D YOUHIT ME MAN I DIDN'T DO ANYTHIN!" I panicked and started to apologize. "I didn'tmean to!! What else am I supposed to do when two.. things start making noise in abush???" The shorter one seemed more polite, and it explained things. "Sorry- theyget mad easily- And.. we're not things... we're a species called Karmae. My name isYang, the angry one is my sibling named Yin. Very original.. I know.” I was still a bit confused. "What the heck is a Kar- Khar... Karm- whatever you're called- and whywere you two in a bush-??"Yang corrected me. "Pronounced car-may. And we were in the bush because Yin losttheir crown and we were looking for it. Now about Karmae... Karmae are verysimilar to humans, we just look different. All Karmae look similar. Basicallyredesigned humans, nothin special. All Karmae serve as King Shani's soilders...except somebody isn't listening and doesn't wanna do their job, and is dragging mealong!" Yang seemed to be directing that last part at Yin, who wasn't really payingmuch attention. Yin rolled their eyes and responded "But protecting King Shani is soboring! Besides, it's not like he's gonna get attacked and 2 people not being therewill kill him!!" Yang rolled his eyes."King... Shani?" I questioned. "Isn't Shani the name of like, the god of Karma??"Yin answered this time. "Well yeah, he's just named after the god. If he really was agod he wouldn't need protection. I guess the dude's name explains why we're calledKarmae. Anyways.. enough about us. WHO ARE YOU?" Yin pointed a finger at me. "Iwanna know who punched me in the face."I responded a bit nervously, I had a feeling Yin would do something if I didn't tellhim. "Im Sage. Human if you couldn't tell.. I'm trying to get back home. Except Idon't really know how..." Yin's face was beaming. "YOU'RE TRYING TO LEAVE???"Yin got on their knees and started begging to come along. "PLEEEEEASE BRING MEWITH YOU THIS PLACE SUCKS! I WANNA SEE EARTH! I KNOW THIS PLACE REALLY WELLI CAN HEL-"Yang cut Yin off before they could ramble on further."Lemme rephrase for you. You want to leave? We can help if you want. We've beenhere for as long as we can remember and we know how to exit. Yin has triedmultiple times, sadly king Shani has rejected them every time... but you're a human!