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// Chapter 2: Report 
// Story: Arena of Justice 
// by NotanImportantPony 
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"Those beeps, the soft hum of lights and machinery are the only sounds that one can hear if they enter Grand Master Pie’s medical room. Looking over the monitors one can see lines and graphs showing the beat of her heart. However; those jagged lines mean that she is still alive. So, where there is a heartbeat there is a chance. After talking with the doctors and surgeons I can say that Grand Master Pie was lucky. Even the doctors were astounded by her survival. Perhaps her life was spared because of all the joy that she had brought to her fellow Jedi by ways of pranks and parties. Though I have not attended any parties nor suffered any pranks I have heard rumors of the potency of Grand Master Pie’s parties and their effects on even the most downtrodden of folk.

"Grand Master Pie survived because of the heroic efforts of Jedi Master Spike during his resuscitation of the Grand Master and the valiant defense put forth by his former padawan, Twilight Sparkle, now a Jedi Knight. Grand Master Pie would’ve died if not for their actions and sacrifices. But despite their efforts Grand Master Pie will have to reside in a Bacta tank for the next few days in order to heal from her wounds. 

"Grand Master Pie was not the only Jedi to have been injured in battle. Of the 212 Jedi that partook in the assault, only 30 Jedi survived long enough to be extracted by numerous squads of Special Operations Forces that were dispatched from the Celestial Fleet. In the ensuing battle, three more Jedi died. Those that survived suffered from various injuries, notably Padawan Twilight Sparkle suffered burns and shrapnel wounds to her left flank, left eye and horn after shielding her master from an explosion during his attempt to resuscitate Grand Master Pie. Ambassador Rarity Belle suffered major lacerations to her front right leg and several lesser cuts and bruises to her body after having grappled with a droid in defense of a fallen Jedi Knight. Rarity was later incapacitated by minor blood loss and shock.

"182 Jedi were killed in action. Their bodies were left in the Arena for the duration of the battle on Geonosis. Afterwards, several squads of soldiers and Jedi were dispatched to recover the fallen Jedi and soldiers as well as some ‘High Value Targets.’ The teams sent to recover the bodies of the fallen were successful. They recovered their dead and treated them with full honors. 

"However; because of the vacancies left by the deaths and crippling injuries of so many, a vote was taken and Jedi Master Spike was granted the position of Grand Master by the Jedi Council. I trust he will do the best that he can given the situation.

"As for his apprentice Twilight Sparkle, she was recognized for her actions and aforementioned sacrifices. She was granted the rank of Jedi Knight. Despite being a reporter with good intentions, I was not granted permission to enter the temple grounds. However a couple of weeks after the ceremony I had the opportunity to talk with several eyewitnesses and close friends of Jedi Knight Twilight Sparkle. The news I was given was... not what I expected, in fact it was disturbing. They said that Twilight changed after the ceremony. She was not the same, she would be distracted, emotional, and sometimes suffer violent mood swings after which she would disappear from anywhere between an hour to a couple of days. She would not speak about where she went or what she did. Repeated efforts to trail her were met with failure.

"However; after a bombing in the Jedi Temple that left 55 ponies dead, Twilight's presence was requested by Luna, The Commander of the Special Forces division of the Celestial Fleet. Not even an hour afterwards, Twilight cleaned out all of her accounts, her quarters in the Jedi Temple, then vanished without a trace. 

"Despite her recent affiliation with Jedi Knight Twilight Sparkle, Commander Luna claims to have no knowledge of Twilight’s whereabouts nor has she answered any  further questions relating to that matter.

        "It is the opinion of this reporter that given recent events there is something going on. A cover up, a conspiracy, something that requires commanders to possess plausible deniability. However, with nopony able to answer our questions the only thing we can do is speculate and work out an answer on our own.

       " -S.A."

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