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Rex could see out of the corner of his eye how Anakin stiffened ever so slightly in response to Obiwan's statement.

"There were… certain circumstances that have happened here." He said, chin high."So that hat stays on."

Rex couldn't help wondering the response of General Obiwan and Cody one they saw his fluffy pink locks. A small grin appeared on his lips and apparently his amusement spread through the Force because Anakin elbowed him, narrowing his eyes slightly. Obiwan and Cody both simultaneously raised their eyebrows at him. Anakin cleared his throat and ignored the questioning looks.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

There was an evil twinkle in Obiwan's eyes as he spoke next," I called to tell you we have an emergency meeting with the council."

Rex couldn't help wincing for his General.

Oof- Oh whoever did this is going to get is BAD.

Anakin couldn't help but pale at this information- in front of his men was bad, in front of Obiwan was worse, in front of the WHOLE FREAKIN COUNCIL was the worst possible scenario.

"Anakin," Obiwan asked, amused," Are you sure you want to be wearing the top hat now? I know it's the new fashion trend but…"

The tips of Anakin's ear turned red as he looked on with determination that ONLY Anakin could have at this moment," No. I'll keep the hat on."

"Very well," Obiwan said as he pressed a button and the entire council popped up on the screen, murmuring. Then Yoda turned to the newcomers.

"Obiwan, Sky-"

He paused, blinking, as he saw the abomination sitting on Anakin's head. Mace Windu's sigh broke the silence, as he put his head in his hands," Skywalker. What are you wearing?"

…

" Skywalker. What are you wearing?" Mace asked him wearily.

I mean… It's not THAT bad.

But the glances from the council told him otherwise. Honestly, it was top hat discrimination. Anakin shuffled his feet, clearing his throat," There has been…. Some complications on this vital mission."

The esteemed council members exchanged an exasperated look.

"So-" Obiwan said, preparing to poke the bear," What were the complications?"

Before Anakin could or could not answer Mace looked up," Kenobi- we are NOT going there. Let's just proceed as if… THAT wasn't there."

Anakin reached up to straighten his hat- now feeling a bit offended for it.

I mean- what did the Top hat do?

"Yes," Yoda nodded his head, agreeing,"Get on with business, we shall."

"This- this is TOO good," Fives laughed, leaning heavily on Echo for support.

Echo rolled his eyes, starting forward which in turn caused Fives to fall on the floor and stay there. ROFL-ing.

"Pleeeease, Echo. I NEED to see this," A trooper called Smak (He got his name during the Loo roll rebellion) begged as they all crowded to the lower levels of the ship. During a few… escapades- Echo has secretly built a few computer systems there that were connected to the security footage.

Another trooper, Shrap, rolled his eyes at Fives,"Honestly, How blind is general Skywalker for not seeing that you did it."

"B-B-blinded by his- his," Fives burst into more peels of laughter.

Shrap rolled his eyes again and kicked Fives a bit, then Echo called for silence.

"Okay- I'm in the security footage. But first- what do you guys think Of General Skyrwalkers hat?"

Fives laughed again from the floor causing all to rook eyes. Caram spoke up, sitting casually on a crate," Personally- Top hats are glorious and look amazing on General Skywalker and I want one."

To Echo's surprise, Flamie spoke up, nodding as well,"I like them, they give a very cultured look, but I feel like they also make people look like they are from an older time period."

There was a scoff from Jimmy (yup- everyone had NO idea why he picked such a RIDICULOUS name) who spoke next,"They're okay. I personally would go for a fedora, though."

"they're kinda funny," Reder agreed, grinning widely,"And when you put it on General Skywalker- it turned awesome."

Slim, considered carefully,"as a style of hat suitable to the culture and tradition it's based in, I like them very much. They look classy, dignified, and respectable."

Lilski laughed,"top hats ... I think they're a bit ridiculous and funny-looking."

Echo raised an eyebrow at them before realizing,"Oh that's not the prank- the top hat, at least."

"Oh," The room said, surprised before Slim spoke again," What IS the prank then?"

Echo gave him a pointed look,"Well if you guys shut it we can watch!"

All gathered cheered loudly and Caram hopped up, calling loudly,"I GOT POPCORN!" He waved two large bags around excitedly.

Echo raised an eyebrow,"Is that prohibited food items."

Caram quickly stuffed them behind his back,"NOO!" He replied with deft smoothness and wide eyes.

Fives jumped up from the floor and snatched one of the bags from behind him before opening it and digging in,"I agree with Caram,"He munched loudly,"This is NO way prohibited because it has touched the GLORIOUS arc hands."

Echo facepalmed before turning back to the screen,"Okay, so-"

"ROLL FILM!" Someone (Fives) annoyingly called from the back of the room. Echo glares in his direction before continuing,"General Skywalker just tried to not tell anyone- then they're boringly chatting and- HERE. Okay HERE is the good part…"

"So we will take the sieges," Anakin summarised, staring intently at the plans in front of him.

"Hm- Yes." Yoda said, but he sounded absentminded.

Anakin looked up, and sighed when he saw the cause of Yoda's distantness. The top hat.

WHAT's a guy gotta do to freely wear a top hat?!

He cleared his throat,"So, Masters. Is that all you require?"

"Yes Skywalker," Mace sighed,"You May go."

Anakin couldn't help the grin that split his face,"Thank you Masters."

Then he did it. Without thinking. It was automatic. And he did it. He bowed towards the council. The hat came off. Candy floss appeared. Anakin froze.

"Sky-walk-er!" Mace exclaimed, exasperated," What is THAT?!"

Anakin turned BRIGHT red, speechless.

"Um- Skywalker," Ki-undi-mundi leaned forward in his seat, addressing him gently,"Are you alright?"

Yoda, to all their amusement, started chortling loudly. Anakin swallowed, ,eyes wide and started backing up slowly, stuttering,"Er- I have to-

The door slid open to reveal Ahsoka, who took one look at the hair and burst out into laughter again. Anakin glanced at her- then bolted out the door. On the way out he heard Master Ki-adi-mundi speak to ahsoka,"Padawan- we need to have a chat about your master."

The door shut behind him and he took a deep breath- seething.

"FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES!" He bellowed and stormed down the hall. For that could be the ONLY explanation.

Reaching out into the Force, he could sense then near the hull. Taking long strides he practically ran into the room where it appeared they were casually lounging around, eating popcorn. They all jumped up to attention when he came in. Without stopping, Anakin strode up to Fives, glaring.

"I KNOW you did this," He narrowed his eyes further.

There was a tiny glint in Fives eyes that Anakin didn't like the look of.

"Sir," He replied calmly- obviously trying not to look at the fluffy pink hair,"It COULDN'T have been me. Or Echo." He added on as Anakin glanced sideways at the arc.

"Oh ho ho," Anakin crossed his arms,"And HOW do you plan on proving it?"

Fives turned to Echo,"Vod- can you pull up the security recordings from today. The mess hall specifically."

Echo nodded, looking nervous,"Sure."

Anakin glared at all the other troopers who were DESPERATELY trying not to laugh. Echo sat down at the screen and pulled up some images before turning back to Anakin.

"There you go Sir,"

Sure enough- the screens showed Fives and Echo sitting in the corner messing around for about an hour. Then the long 'Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo' was heard and Fives and Echo rose to find the source.

"See, sir!" Fives said innocently.

Anakin gawked at the screen. If THEY didn't do it- Who did?!

Every trooper in the room was watching him closely. He shut his mouth and glared at all of them,"When I find out WHO did this…"

He left the threat open and stormed out of the room.

"How the kriff did you pull that off?!" Echo exclaimed after they were sure the general was long gone.

Fives smirked and gave a sloppy salute to a shiny in the corner of the room,"Slip here gave me a hand. But you know- that's the reason Holograms were made!"

Echo rolled his eyes,"That's not their purpose."

"I beg to differ."

They all startled when the door whooped open again and Rex stepped in. And he looked MAD.

"Oops." Fives muttered.

"WHO did this to the general?" Rex asked firmly, looking around the room where everyone suddenly felt the need to clean their comlink or found a piece of scrap that IMMEDIATELY needed to have their full attention.

"Fives." It wasn't a question. It was a crisp, cold word.

Fives stepped forward,"Yessir?"

"Echo." The tension was thicker than Anakin's first attempt at a cake. (View PseudonymGal's stories ;)

Echo gulped and also stepped forward.

"Everyone else- leave."

There was silence as the others left. There were only the three of them.

"Next time that you try a revolution," Rex started, glaring at them with high poweredness. Echo and Fives exchanged a slightly terrified look,"Do it on General Kenobi."

With that Rex turned on his heel and walked out of the room and the door slid shut.

"That was the FREAKIEST moment of my ENTIRE LIFE!" Echo said weakly, slipping into the chair.

Fives had his back to Echo, still staring at where Rex had departed.

"Fives?" Echo asked, a bit freaked out.

Fives slowly turned towards Echo with a wicked grin on his face.

Echo's eyes widened at the pure evil look,"W-what?"

"Rex just gave us permission." Fives grinned wider.

Echo paled as one million different thoughts whizzed through his head. "No-" Echo tried to start- eyes wide.

"He just gave us permission," Fives repeated as his eyes seemed to glow red. "HE JUST GAVE US PERMISSION!" Fives cackled louder.

Echo scooted back in his chair eyes wide then bolted from the room,"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX!"

A/N Hey hey! Look who crawled out from under my internet free rock! AND I GOT SOOOOO MUCH FLUFF AND STUFF FOR YOU! No kidding- with a severe lack of friends from halfway across the world (Karaaaaaaaaa!) I went to sleep slowly then POOOOOOFFFF!

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