Nightmare woke up and found herself in a place of pure darkness. There was nothing visible she could see except the blackness that surrounded her. "Great. Now I'm reminded of staring into space back on the moon. The last thing I wanted to remember." Soon, Nightmare heard someone sniffling. "I guess I'm not alone. Maybe I can find out how both of us got stuck here." Nightmare then saw a shape in the distance. A lone figure that was distinguishable from the void that surrounded both it and her. As she got close, Nightmare could clearly make out the figure. It was Burst, but as a little kid. 'Nice to see a familiar face again.', Nightmare though with a smile. "There, there Burst. It'll all be alright. I'm here now." Young Burst ceased his sniffling, and looked up at Nightmare. And he jumped back in fear! He was trembling! "Burst? What's wrong?"
"Leave me alone!", Young Burst screamed as Nightmare tried to comfort him.
"Burst, calm down! You're acting like you've seen a..." Nightmare froze as she came to realization. Burst was scared of her. "monster." Nightmare backed away, and let Young Burst calm down.
"Y-you're not gonna hurt me?"
Nightmare shook her head. "No Burst. I could never do that. If I ever did, I couldn't forgive myself." Nightmare then sat down. "You can come closer. I don't bite." Young Burst inched closer to Nightmare. "See? Am I really that scary now?" Young Burst shook his head.
"No. I'm sorry. I was just scared. I'm in a strange place, and I meet someone I don't know." Nightmare then wrapped her arms around Young Burst.
"Maybe. But no one can blame you for being scared. I know it's scary. Being alone in the dark. But you're not alone anymore right?", Nightmare asked with a smile. Young Burst gave her a small smile and hugged her tightly. "Feeling better now?"
"Yeah...", Young Burst said as he held onto Nightmare tightly. "This place feels safe with you here." However, both soon heard laughter coming from the darkness. Soon, a monster then walked out of the darkness.
"How touching.", Yubel said with a smirk. "The nightmare thinks she can give him sweet dreams."
"Burst. Stay here.", Nightmare said as she got into her morphing stance only to find she had no morpher! "I might not have my morpher, but I've still got magic! If you want to hurt Burst, you'll have to go through me!" Nightmare then flared her magic! Yubel just laughed at her.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Why do you bother to try and hide what you are?", Yubel said with a cruel smile as she gripped Nightmare by her shirt. "All you've ever left in your wake was pain, fear and sorrow! YOU were the reason Luna was separated from Celestia for a thousand years!" Nightmare froze as Yubel ran off the list of her past mistakes. Taking notice of Nightmare's shock, Yubel fired off a blast that brought Nightmare to her knees! "Why deny it? No one will ever accept you! All you'll ever know is the fear and hate of everyone around you!"
"Leave her alone!", Young Burst cried as he charged blindly at Yubel!
"How foolish.", Yubel said with a frown as she shot a blast of magic that knocked Young Burst to the ground! "Now, where were w-?" Yubel was cut-off by a blast of Nightmare's magic! Her hair had become ethereal, and her wings had sprouted!
"That was a bad move.", Nightmare said angrily. "Maybe my past is less than ideal. And you know what? I'm glad it all happened! Maybe I needed that to happen to me. Why? Because it let me meet Burst! He made me feel accepted and happy!" Nightmare then fired blast after blast, and Yubel was helpless against the barrage! "For the first time I met someone who wasn't afraid of me! First, it was nothing but infatuation. I'll admit, I even wanted him to join me and bring eternal night to this world. But he showed me that just because I made something a certain way, if I forced everyone to see the way I did, it wouldn't make anyone love me. He showed me my mistakes, and he helped me make up for the past with the present! So go ahead! List off every little thing I've done! I'm glad they happened because then I wouldn't be where I am now! Without my mistakes, I'd never have met the best thing to happen to me." Nightmare then ceased her assault and stared at Yubel. "And I suppose I should thank you for reminding me just how wonderful he really is, and how lucky I am." Yubel was silent for a minute, and then she started giggling. "What's so funny?"
"You did it! You passed your test! You've let go of your past, and made a happy present for yourself. And how fortunate you are to have someone like Burst. Here's a little something for your troubles." A bright azure light shot through the darkness from above, and a sword descended into Nightmare's hands and she also found that she had morphed. "It's called the Star Saber. Fits nicely with your whole night theme doesn't it? See ya!" Yubel vanished in a swirl of darkness.
"It was nice to meet you.", Young Burst said as he faded. Nightmare smiled as a portal opened up and the other rangers stepped through.
"Moon! Looks like you made it too!", Sunset said happily.
"And it seems you've gotten a brand new weapon like the rest of us.", Celestia said with a smile under her helmet.
"Thank you. All of you. But we're one head short." A new portal soon opened. "And I'll give you all one guess to where this next portal leads..."