Believe and everything will sort itself out.

Advika threw an arm over her eyes because light was very bright. It filled the entire clearing and bathed it with its glow.

When the glow subsided, everyone's eyes widened at the scene. A beautiful golden armour sat skin tight on Karna skin. The armour was pure gold with a huge

Sun in the middle and various beautiful drawings carved on it. The armour shown with the radiance of the sun. Karna's ear also had beautiful sun shaped earnings which was not there before. The earnings also seem to have a glow to it. The dagger sat on the ground in front of Karna.

The two men looked at the divinity of the boy, then looked at each other. The first man gestured to the other " What should we do?"

Second man gestured back " He is no ordinary boy...he will surely kill us! "

First " No no... ordinary or not he won't kill...still a boy after all."

Second " I don't care...I am not dying; you go and die. Leave me out of this."

First " But. What of the Rakshas King? He will surely kill us!"

Second " I am doing what I do best. You do what you want to do!"

First gestured again confused " What do you do best?"

Second " Running away of course! Bye!"

The second man ran away. The first man looked here and there before following his partner.

Advika laughed at the behaviour of the men, while Karna looked amused. Though Karna's mind seems to be preoccupied with the sudden appearance of the Kavach and Kundala. Advika got up from where she was hiding. Karna looked up to see her walking towards him.

" When were you going to tell me about this?" Advika said and pointed towards the armour.

"I had no idea about this!" he exclaimed.

Before she could answer, a groan broke through the clearing. The boys were waking up. All four started to wiggle and stretch. Advika and Karna helped them and removed the rope tying them.

The boys woke up slowly. They looked around and saw Karna and Advika. Advika waved while Karna smiled at them. They slowly stood up and came towards them.

One boy asked Karna " Aap Bhagwan ho? (Are you God?) "

Karna looked at him shocked. He replied, " Nehi! (No) I am Karna."

The boy replied looking sad " I was calling God...he did not come then...but he sent you. So do you know God?"

Advika was standing to the side. She looked at the five-year-olds and Karna. She pressed her lips together, so she could not laugh out at the questions. Karna's face was turning into an interesting shade of red.

'Poor him! Might as well help him or he will turn into a tomato!' Advika thought, laughing

internally.

"Bachoo(Children)....Your parents might be worried; you should go home!" She called.

The boys looked at each other. One boy said " Ji jiji. But we don't know the way out of the forest."

Karna replied " I will show you the way! Come with me."

The boys nodded before following him. Karna gestured to Advika to stay for a while. She nodded at him. Advika watched till all six of them left the clearing before going straight towards the cave. She sat on her slab and leaned on the cave wall behind her. The incident barely took an hour but still she was so exhausted. She closed her wanting to rest.

Someone was calling her, Advika was in no mood to listen. The person shook her by the shoulders. She opened eyes to glare at the annoying person not letting her rest, only to see Karna standing there.

She blinked and then looked around. ' oh! I am in the cave!' she thought. Karna asked " Tired?"

Advika replied " Haa. After what happened...anyway, why didn't you tell me you had an armor? I could have worried less! "

Karna said " I don't know I had an armour in the first place." He looked down at his chest which was still covered by said armor. Advika's eyes narrowed, a doubt in her eyes. But when she saw his sincerity, she nodded to herself and relaxed.

"Mind if I touch it?" Advika asked bluntly. Karna nodded, used to her bluntness. She poked at it, a bit shocked at it's hard quality. 'It was really made of gold, may be.' she thought.

She looked at the drawings and especially the sun. Something seems to connect in her mind. She said " Iss mei Surya ka nisshan hai! (There is a symbol of sun in the armor!)"

He replied " Yes, so...?" Advika said, now excited " Are...! Don't you see? The sun motifs. They are in your Kundals as well!"

Karna looked confused. He said " So?" Advika slapped her hand to her forehead at her friend's confusion. Sometimes he can be so smart and sometimes he behaves like a confused praani. Advika took a deep breath and said slowly trying to control her excitement, she said " The sun motifs in your armour and earnings, your obsession with anything sun related and your closeness with the sun. They all point at one thing!"

"What?" Karna asked, not seeing the connection.

"What if your one parent is Surya dev himself?" Advika asked still excited.

Karna stumbled back.

" But... but that's not possible!" HE said.

" Kyu nehi? (Why not?) It's possible. Just look at the clues. The first thing you do after waking is pray to the sun. You know everything about the sun, that is to know about it! And the last big clue, this Kavach and Kundala! Tell me, from where do they come from? It definitely did not drop from the sky! It must have been a boon to you! It only appeared when something lethal was thrown at you, like the dagger. Logically, he have to have something to do with you. The motifs point straight towards it!"

Karna sat down stunned. "Aisa kaise ho sakta hai! (How can that be possible?) I am an ordinary person." He murmured.

" I don't know if you are ordinary or not, but we can find out?" She almost questioned him; a bit awkward.

He stayed silent for a while thinking. Karna replied " Are you sure?"

"No! It's a guess. But we can try right?"

"Perhaps. How?" He asked again.

" You call him! Surely he will answer if he has any relation to you!"

"Okay!" He affirmed.

"Okay?" she questioned, a hesitant smile on her face.

He nodded again at her, giving a hesitant smile. Advika's face bloomed with a happy smile. Karna swallowed a lump. He got up slowly.

He said " Hume chalna chahiye. Sandhya kal hone ko hai. (We should leave. It is nearly evening)" Advika nodded. She hesitantly placed a hand on his shoulders.

She said " Everything will be alright, just believe. Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow."

Karna looked at her once, then said hesitantly " Can you come when I pray along the river bank? I can call him then! I didn't know if he will answer or not. No one is there then, and..."

Advika stopped his rambling, " Have faith! Meditate if you are nervous, it calms you down! " He nodded.

She blinked for a moment and then said " Your armour seemed to have disappeared again, aur humne dekha bhi nehi! (and I did not even see properly!)"

He looked down and gave a weak chuckle at her dramatics. They separated for their own home.

The last thought and prayer of both Karna and Advika being that everything goes well.

In Kailash.

Mata Parvati said as she sat beside her husband "Kal ek adbhut milan hone ja rahi hai, swami. (It would be a beautiful meeting tomorrow, husband) Have you noticed?"

Mahadeva opened his eyes, a small smile on his face " Niyati ka likhan kon taal sakta hai devi? (Who can go against destiny, my lady?) Surya dev will be happy. "

Mata Parvati replied " Kyu na ho? Apne putra se itne varsho baad milenge. He had waited to meet his son for so long." (Why would not he be happy? He is going to meet his son after so long.)

Mahadeva chuckled at her tone. Mata Parvati smiled at her husband's laughter. The divine coupled watched over their children, happy to see Destiny's gamble paying off.

After all, things are already changing. The Universe already setting itself in its new path with ease.

In Hastinapura

The sun seems to be eager to rise, but it cannot do so until it's time to rise. The sky was coloured various shades of red, blue and pink. It looked magnificent. The birds chirped more merrily. The flowers gave off beautiful fragrance and the trees swayed to a gentle wind.

Karna woke up at the Brahma muhurta. He freshened himself and walked outside the door. He felt like as if a new chapter will begin in his life.

He walked towards the river Ganga and stood there. After a few minutes, Advika joined him. He did not look at her, but drew strength from her presence. They waited silently for the Sun to start rising.

Karna took a deep breath and forwarded the jal kalash and started chanting the mantras. Advika joined her hand and bowed her head, but did not join him. The sun rose higher and higher. A glow started to separate from the sun slowly as if forming a figure.

Both Karna and Advika's eyes were closed. Both were nervous. They were hoping their idea won't fail. The glow separated completely from the rising sun. It was coming towards them at a very high speed. A figure formed in front of them. A sweet smile spread on his lips at the children in front of him.