Imperial Academy: Ordinary School Day

The Imperial Academy was a boarding school located on Dantooine. It was a place where adolescents received training until they became eligible to enroll in the Imperial Army. The requirements for this specific school was that the student needed to maintain excellent grades, excellent fitness, and to be a Human. Scholarships were offered to those who needed.

A day at the Academy began with and ended with drills. In between were classes and meals as well as a few breaks which were rare. Currently the upperclassmen were in galactic math with each classroom containing 500 students.

In the back sat three friends, two females and one male. The first female, Madlyn, was a blonde with long, flowing hair. This green-eyed girl stayed hyper, always using her imagination to its full extent.

The other female was Daala, a brown-headed being from Naboo. She was a beautiful princess who was highly opinionated in the way she thought. Everyone always knew what she was feeling.

The male, Exar, was a dashing ex-smuggler. One day he stole a TIE Fighter for “fun”. Instead of arresting him, the Empire saw potential in him, trading his prison sentence into a year of school.

“Stop it!” Daala cried out as Exar kept hitting her in the arm with a pencil. In response Exar snickered, clearly enjoying his actions, showing no motion of stopping.

“Leave her alone,” Madlyn tried reasoning, grabbing a hold of his arm. Exar yanked his arm free, glaring at Madlyn. “Please don’t kill me,” she meek, slightly flinching as if waiting for a punch in the face. Of course she knew he would never do it. It was just how their friendship worked.

Daala started to bounce in her seat as she remembered an event. “So I almost got hit yesterday.”

“Cool,” Exar emotionless said with a shrug.

Both girls looked at each other with a mutual expression. Most people would ask if the person was okay, or be pleased the person was alive. Not Exar.

“Well I care for you and yeah I know! That speeder got really close to you. I would have came to your rescue,” Madlyn offered.

“Thanks,” Daala replied meaningless. She glanced at Exar. “Are you okay?”

Exar sighed, shutting his eyes stressfully. “I hate Mrs. Leaf’s class.”

“Same,” Daala automatically agreed.

“Don’t worry,” Madlyn started. “If you keep driving with your eyes shut then you’ll be out of that class in no time.” Exar claimed that when no speeders were around, he would shut his eyes for three seconds while driving so his eyes could adjust to the sunlight. Madlyn viewed it as a perfect way to get killed.

“Set a bounty with your name on it today,” Exar casually said to Madlyn. “But I can’t decide if I want you dead or alive. If you’re alive then I could torture you with spiders.”

“Oh, I’m sure you’re leaning more towards dead. I know how much you’re looking forward to the day you get to dance on my grave.”

“Grrrrrr!” Daala suddenly exclaimed annoyingly. “He keeps looking back here.”

“He” was Visas, who was someone that irritated both Daala and Exar daily. Madlyn only had galactic math with him while the other two had almost all classes with him. Listening to them complain about him was a regular.

“I can’t handle him much longer!” Daala continued. “Just a few days ago he had turned around to tell me I was doing a drill wrong!”

“If I could, I would make him disappear,” Madlyn tried.

“Wish I could do the same to you.” Exar commented.

“Would you be nice to her already?” Daala exasperated to Exar before turning her attention to Madlyn. “And quit being weird! Get your foot away from your head. And just pay attention to the instructor! You’re stressing me out. Gosh, this is why I don’t learn! I have to deal with the two of you.”

Both smiled in response.

From an outside view, no one would guess these three were friends, no one could guess their unique friendship. To everyone, it sounded as if they hated each other and could care less of one another; however, it was the little moments that counted. In those hidden moments, one could see the special bond that held them together and the love they had for one another.