Star Wars Rebels: A Collection of Short Stories

The Case of the Ponytail Murder

Kanaan woke and yawned. He was exhausted from all the cleaning Hera made them do the day before. He started to put his hair in a ponytail when he realized that his hair was too short. He panicked and felt it frantically. There's only two people who could've done this...
"EZRA!" Kanaan yelled.
Ezra appeared in his doorway in a few seconds. "Yeah?"
"What did you and Sabine do to my hair?!"
"We didn't do anything.. At least, anything to your hair. Whoa. What happened to your ponytail?"
"Someone must be behind this.. Maybe Sabine? Hera? Chopper?"
"Chopper? Haha. Chopper might of chopped your hair."
"This is no time for terrible puns, Ezra. We have a ponytail murder mystery.."
"And you thought my joke was bad."
"I wasn't joking.."
"Exactly!"
"Just help me."
"Fine.."
The two jedi walked into Sabine's room.
She quickly hid something and turned to them. "Oh.. Hey, guys. Did you get a haircut, Kanaan?"
Kanaan crossed his arms. "Don't play innocent, Sabine. Where were you last night?"
"In my room."
"Alright then. This morning?"
"My room."
"If you didn't do anything to my hair, what were you hiding?"
"I can't show you."
"Then you're guilty!"
Sabine sighed. "Fine!"
She pulled out a holocron and handed it to him.
"What? This.. This is.."
"A holocron. I found it in a shop in Capital City. I was going to give it to you for your birthday tomorrow."
"Oh.. Uh.. Sorry, Sabine. Guess you're innocent."
"Of course she is.." Ezra said, staring at her.
Kanaan rolled his eyes and grabbed Ezra's arm. "Come on, Romeo.."
They walked into the cockpit.
Hera turned to them, surprised. "Oh, hey, guys.. Kanaan, you finally cut your hair! I knew you'd see it my way someday."
"So this is your doing."
"What? Your hair? No. Did you try Sabine?"
"Yes. She's innocent. You're under.. Um.. Jedi arrest!"
"I didn't do it! Uh.. Chopper did it!"
"For you?"
"Yes.. But he did it!"
"Then you're both under jedi arrest!"
"Ezra, anytime now.."
"You're behind this too?!"
Ezra smiled innocently. "Zeb and Sabine too. But it's not really cut.. We used gel."
"Well.. You're all under jedi arrest!" Kanaan said.
Ezra zapped Kanaan with his lightsaber. "Sorry, Kanaan."
Hera caught Kanaan and set him down gently.
She sighed in relief and then turned to Ezra. "How long will he be out?"
Ezra zapped him a few more times. "Um.. I don't know. I'll zap him a few more times - just in case."
"Okay, that's good. I hope this gave Zeb enough time to get everything.."
"Yeah.."
There was a pause then they burst out laughing. "Jedi arrest."

This was definately a diversion.. But for what?