"Man. What a crazy weekend.", Burst said as he came home from the party at the command center. "I'm just glad the day's over." Burst ate dinner, showered, and went off to bed after playing some video games. 'I guess I'm living out that dream I had as a little kid...', Burst thought with a smile as he drifted off into dreams and memories. Nightmare was watching him, and smiled when she saw he was dreaming.
"Time to pay Burst another visit. Last time was pretty fun." Nightmare jumped into Burst's dreams and found herself in front of a door. "Odd. Why would he dream about a door?" Nightmare opened the door, and found herself in a room full of posters of characters and toys. A voice caught her by surprise.
"Hello." Nightmare looked at the bed and found a little kid who looked like Burst! "Who are you?"
'Oh my Celestia...he's so adorable!', Nightmare thought to herself. "Call me...Nightshade. What's your name?"
"Burst Stream!", Burst said with a smile. "So do you like my room? Pretty cool right?"
"It's quite lovely.", Nightmare said with a smile. She then turned her attention to the posters above Burst's bed. "So can you tell me who those people on the posters are?" Little Burst was grinning ear to ear.
"That one's Optimus Prime! The heroic leader of the Autobots! He fights for the freedom of all sentient beings from the evil Decepticons!", Burst said as he pointed to each character. "This is Goku! The Earth's greatest protector! He's in his super saiyan mode in this poster! And the last one is Luke Skywalker! He's a Jedi Knight and a defender of the galaxy!" Nightmare watched with a smile at Little Burst's enthusiasm. "Someday I'm gonna be just like them!"
"A poster?", Nightmare said with a giggle.
"Nope! I'm gonna be a superhero! I'm gonna save people, fight badguys, and save the day!" Burst struck a triumphant pose. Nightmare had a smile on her face as she heard his words.
'You already are Burst. More than you know.', Nightmare thought as she smiled.
"Nightshade?", Burst asked. "Do you wanna play with me?" Burst offered her one of the toy lightsabers lying around. Nightmare smiled as she took the lightsaber.
"Have at you young jedi!" The two of them clashed pretending they were having an epic duel on a faraway planet! Nightmare was taller, but Burst had the edge in energy! He soon claimed victory with one final strike! "Curses!", Nightmare said feigning a mortal blow. "I am vanquished!" Burst giggled and hugged her as she went down to his level. "So what would you like to play next?" Burst whipped out some of his favorite transformers figures and the two battled it out in an epic clash between Optimus Prime and Megatron.
"One shall stand, one shall fall!", Burst said as he took down Nightmare's Megatron figure! Burst then let out a yawn.
"Is the great Autobot commander feeling tired?", Nightmare asked.
"I'm not...(yawn) tired." Burst rubbed his eyes.
"Even young heroes need their sleep."
"I guess you're right." Burst got into his bed and pulled the covers over himself. "Nightshade? Will I see you again?" Nightmare brought herself closer to Burst.
"You'll always see me when you dream." Nightmare then kissed Burst on the forehead. "Good night Burst."
"Good night Nightshade." Burst said as his younger self drifted off to sleep. Nightmare then left Burst's dreams and returned to the real world.
"Sleep well Burst Stream." Nightmare said with a smile as she drifted off to sleep herself.