CHAPTER 1: A special surprise
Star awoke to the gentle beeping of her personal alarm. As she stretched she reached over to shut it off. Today she had a day to herself; it was one of the few days were the 501st had some down time away from the war. Star planned to seize the day, since tomorrow might very well bring a battalion of clankers that she needed to disintegrate. She slipped out of her sleeping fatigues and put on some workout clothes. She strode down the halls, stopping at the mess to grab some food other than ration bars, and eventually made her way to the gym. No sooner she entered than she found herself immersed in her personal workout. She spent about an hour running, scaling the climbing wall, weight lifting, and other exercises until she had worked up a decent sweat. To her surprise, captain Rex and ARC Trooper Fives came in and almost instantly walked up to her.
"There you are," Fives said on approach.
"You were looking for me?" Star replied curiously.
"Yeah, Cody's being an idiot and needs a fireball to the head," Rex said bluntly. Star gave him a somewhat blank stare until he finally burst out laughing. After he was done, he looked at her with a grin that Star could never forget. It was a rare smile, but Star cherished them every time. She loved that smile; it made him look so much more handsome.
She was broken out of her trance when Fives spoke again. "Ahsoka wants us to meet her in her quarters. She said something about a special surprise."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Star said, and followed them out of the gym to Ahsoka's quarters, were she was waiting with a smile as big as her montrals. They stood there for a while before Ahsoka pulled four slips of paper from behind her back. Upon closer inspection, Star found that they were tickets. "What exactly are these for?" she asked.
"These are tickets to the Upper District Semi-Annual Gala." Ahsoka practically squealed with delight. "Master Skywalker pulled some strings. He said we deserved to have some fun. Its tomorrow night."
"Wow," Star said. She had wanted to go before, but never could. Then an idea came to her. "Do you think I could make some fancy clothes for us?" Ahsoka, in response, gestured to fabric racks standing off to the side of the room. There was enough fabric here to design clothes for a fashion show. She then handed Star a sheet of flimsi. "That's my measurements," she said. Star allowed herself a smile. Now she was going to have some fun.