Dream

Silverlight and Optimus Prime

(Stories: Prime's little secret & Did I Make the Right Choice?)

Silverlight bolted up in her berth instantly jolted online by the dream she had. She looked around panting remnants of the dream still present in her mind. Where was she? She didn't recognise this place; it wasn't her home. Where was her brother, didn't they share a room? She walked out into the corridor expecting to see the small room off to the right where her parents stayed but only saw a long corridor with doors either side. Where I am? What happened? Worry instantly spread through her when she remembered her brother was not with her. I have to find him. He's probably scared and crying all on his own.She looked up and down the corridor, where would she start? This place seemed so big, what if she couldn't find him? No. she thought as her optics narrowed I will find him even if I have to tear this place apart she walked into the corridor and began her search. After two hours of looking in every room the door would open to she found herself in what appeared to be a recreational room. Though she still had yet to find her parents or brother and with each minute that passed she grew more and more worried for him. Had she been kidnapped? Was that the reason she could not find her family and was in an unfamiliar place? The door behind her opened and she jumped to it seeing an unknown tall white and blue mech. "Is everything okay, Silverlight?" He asked. How did he know her name? She'd never met him before and yet he knew her name. she was about to panic when she remembered the reason she was searching, she had to find him and this mech could give her the answers she needed.

"Who are you? Why am I here?" She demanded. She saw a confused look cross the mech's face, which then turned into annoyance.

"Silverlight, if this is a joke it's not funny."

"Why have you taken me from my home? What have you done with my family?" She asked determined to get answers.

"You're serious, aren't you?" The mech said in surprise.

"I'll ask you one more time, who are you and what have you done with my family?" He walked over to her and she smacked his hand away as he reached for her. She took a few steps back never her optics off the mech.

"Stop playing around, Silverlight, we need to get you to see Ratchet. Something's obviously wrong with you." He said in concern and stepped forward again to touch her only to be slapped away once more.

"I maybe a youngling but I know how to defend myself. Whoever this Ratchet is you're not taking me to see them." She replied narrowing her optics.

"What?" The mech said in a shocked whisper.

"Ultra Magnus." A slightly out of breath voice said breaking the staring match and catching both Cybertronian's attention.

Silverlight looked at the mech carefully. They looked like him only much older, almost like an adult version of her little brother but how was that possible? "Hot Rod…" wait, the white and blue mech had called him Hot Rod? That was her brother's name, but this mech couldn't be her little brother. He was only a year younger than her and she was still a youngling.

"Silverlight." The red and orange mech said bringing the femme out of her thoughts. "It's me, Hot Rod."

"But…that's impossible." She said voicing her thoughts.

"Why?"

"Hot Rod." Another voice called out gaining everyone's attention.

As Silverlight looked over she gave a small sigh in relief, finally a figure she recognised. It was her father, Optimus Prime. He'd come to take her home from all this madness, she smiled at him "can we go home now, Dad? I don't like it here, it scares me. Are Mum and Hot Rod here too? I'm worried about him." She was confused when saw a sad hurt enter his optics.

"Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, I'd like to be alone with Silverlight." Optimus told them. Hot Rod was about to protest but one look from the semi made him think otherwise. When they were alone the Autobot leader walked over to his eldest sparkling. "Silverlight."

"Have I done something wrong, is that why I'm here? Why did you call that mech Hot Rod? he looks like my brother but he's far too old." Silverlight asked.

Optimus pulled her into a hug surprising the femme and having her look up at him. "You must remember, Silverlight." He told her looking down at her.

"Remember? Remember what?" She asked innocently.

"You are not a youngling anymore and this is not Cybertron." He explained.

"I don't understand, how can I not…"

"Megatron kidnapped you, he destroyed our home in which your mother died. You have been missing for countless years." He began to tell her trying to make her remember.

Silverlight began to cry hiding her head in the semi's chest. It was all coming back to her now. "I thought it was all a bad dream." She said as she hugged him.

"Silverlight." Optimus said gently his spark breaking as he saw a few tears run down her face as she looked up at him. "Aireier maybe gone but you still have Hot Rod and I. You may think of the members of the Ark as your extended family. If you ever need to talk and Hot Rod or I are not around I am sure they'd be willing to listen."

She smiled at him and looked over in surprise when she felt another hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry I worried you, Magnus."

Optimus let go of his sparkling and left the two lovers alone. Silverlight's words still going around in his head 'I thought it was all a bad dream.' How he wished it had been, but this was no dream it was sadly reality. One in which the love of his life had lost her life in order to save one of their sparklings. He wouldn't have changed anything though, better to have part of his family still with him than none of them

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