Stories from the Archives

Chapter One – A Celebration to remember

This is going to be a collection of short stories and one shots, posted on both Fanfiction and Archive of Our Own (need to do more with my account there). I'll use this story to post random ideas that pop up in my head. Small ideas and scenes that aren't worth posting separately, but will be fun to write out nevertheless. I might also take small requests for short stories. Most of my time will still be devoted to my main stories, but this is meant to be a mini-series to work on next to those.

Hope you enjoy.

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The mood in the mess hall was very festive. The recent mission had been a complete success. One Separatist base and listening outpost trashed, no casualties, only several non-critical wounded and one very wealthy bounty of intelligence. It was cause for a celebration and that is what they were doing now.

Ahsoka Tano, Commander of the 501st legion, was with a group of their soldiers in the mess hall of the Resolute. They had just crossed back into Republic controlled space, so the party was on. Anakin was taking care the battle report in the meantime, but he had told her to go and enjoy herself with the men.

There were smiles and laughter all around. All of the hidden stores of snacks and drinks were displayed all across a group of stacked together tables like a small buffet. With a little something that Anakin had shown her, Ahsoka had turned the regular intercoms of the mess hall into a stereo system, so they were able to enjoy some nice music as well.

She was glad. It had been several long campaigns, so their troops definitely earned this moment. They were headed back to Coruscant as well. Anakin was apparently needed for a different mission, so the 501st got some downtime on the planet. For her it most likely meant catching up with some of her friends and on her studies. Anakin had already made it clear that she wouldn't be on this mission, a bit to her annoyance, but she wasn't going to object to a short break, just this once. (but she was going to give him heck about it, oh yes)

The party was in full swing when Fives walked into the room with several liquid containers on a tray. They had a tap on them, but it wasn't really clear what was in them. Fives, however, was grinning ear to ear.

"What have you got there Fives?" Ahsoka asked, a little unsure of what to make from the sight of the cheery ARC trooper with the containers.

Fives laughed. "Just a bit of the special recipe Commander! My own recipe that is!" he exclaimed loudly for all to hear.

"You're kidding me Vod." Rex walked up beside her. "You actually went through with brewing your own alcohol? Didn't you say it was too much of a hassle?"

"Nah Rex, it was easier than I thought! Turns out some of our equipment on board is perfect for making your own little moonshine," Fives replied as he put the tray next to their improvised buffet. "And it's perfect for the party!" He pulled out a packet of small cups from the bottom part of the tray and set them beside the containers.

In a couple of minutes Fives had filled the cups and distributed them to numerous of his brothers that had come to see what was going on. Now he was trying to get Ahsoka to take one as well. "Come on Commander, I worked hard on this treat. You're not going to say no to me, are you?" he asked with a mock-sad expression.

Ahsoka rolled her eyes. "Alright Fives, I'll try one, but just one. If I have more than that, Skyguy and Master Obi-Wan will end up with lecturing me half to death once we get back to Coruscant and I'm not looking forward to that," she replied as she accepted the cup.

The men around her cheered, especially Fives. He raised his cup excitedly, somehow managing not to spill anything from his own generously filled cup. "To a successful mission everyone! May we have many more! Cheers!" he called out, then he chugged it all down in one go.

Everyone echoed his cry and chugged down the drink. Ahsoka smiled and laughed a bit at the joy, happiness and excitement that echoed through the room. Then she threw down the contents of the cup in one go as well.

An immense pounding in her head was the first thing she became aware off. It felt like her montrals and lekku were swiftly swelling up to nearly triple their size before shrinking back to their normal size. The inside of her skull felt like a horde of Rancors were tap-dancing in it. It was a horrible feeling. Worse than those times she had had a concussion. What in the Force happened?

"Ahsoka? Are you awake? Are you with me?" a soft, familiar voice asked next to her.

With some effort, she managed to open her eyes. She found that she was lying in a bed with her friend Barriss Offee standing alongside of it. "Barriss? What's… where am I?" she asked confused, before wincing at the throbbing in her head.

Barriss sighed and gave a light smile. "You're in the Halls of Healing, Ahsoka. You were brought in with honestly one of the worst cases of alcohol poisoning I have ever seen," she explained.

"What?" Ahsoka asked in disbelief.

Barriss nodded. "You've been out for five days while your body struggled to recover from it. Force Healing thankfully helped you a lot, otherwise you would have probably needed a new liver," she replied. "The thing with brewing alcohol is, that if you're not careful with the whole distilling process, you'll end up something far more potent that you intend. Everyone who drank that stuff passed out nearly instantly and were all admitted to the medical bay."

Barriss paused a moment and glanced at something on a datapad she carried. "And if you don't check if your ingredients are compatible with everyone, you're going to end up with an even worse time. Togruta have a severe over-reaction to one of the items in his mix, so you ended up suffering the worst of everyone."

Ahsoka took everything in, slowly processing it as her head continued to pound mercilessly. She let out a heavy sigh.

"Fives is never allowed to make his own booze ever again."

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That's it for this chapter. I don't know why, but Fives does strike me as the kind of guy who would do something like brewing his own alcohol and then mess up the process.

Like mentioned above, I might write out requests or suggestions, as long as they aren't too large and I like it. That said, I won't do anything with the Disney trilogy. I just don't like those movies, so I won't do anything with them. All other canon (as far as I know them) might be open for this series, but the focus will probably be the Clone Wars period.

My main focus will remain my larger stories (posted on fanfiction, might look into posting them on Archive of Our Own as well some day). So this series might not be frequently updated.

That said, I do have one little idea that should be entertaining, so I'll probably write that one out as well.

Until next time.