Spike's Diary

Dear Diary,

There's an old saying, You never know what you've got until it's gone. Well, for Twilight and me, that saying has a lot of weight nowadays. Losing the Golden Oak, it...it hurt. A lot. We made so many great memories there, and it was our home for a very long time. Having Tirek destroy it was like having our heart ripped out. I know, I know, we all made it out okay and in the end all that was lost was "stuff". I get that. But a home is still a home, and Golden Oak was a good home at that. I'll always miss it, and I'll always think of the good times we had. And the new castle, while awesome, might not ever recapture that feeling for me, however impressive it might be.

Twilight felt the same way, since she was avoiding it for so long. But thanks to her friends, and a little bit of distraction from me, we were able to bring a little bit of the familiar to the new place. I won't saw how, but let's just say it brought more than a few tears to Twilight when she realised what had been done for her. Our old home will always be with us, in more ways than one now, but we should give the new place a chance.

Besides, like with the Oak, it's me and Twilight together, and that's all that matters.