Spike's Diary

Dear Diary,

Today the Crusaders were looking pretty tired. And I mean really tired. It's like all three of them just went through the worst night's sleep anypony has ever had. I don't know what was going on through their heads last night but it can't have been good. But there's also something else in there. Some knowing look about them. Most days it's usually some talk of getting cutie marks, but that seems to be a bit less than usual today. It's like there's a kind of acceptance about them not having it right now, which is nice. I know the marks are important to them, but I'm glad they're not letting it dominate their thinking like they normally do.

Oh, and I nearly forgot! Turns out Babs Seed got her cutie mark! Yeah, pretty neat, right? I should send her a letter telling her congratulations for it. Not sure if the letter will get there, but hey, it's worth doing all the same. Still, the Crusaders says she was having some trouble adjusting to it, so they wanted to help. It's a nice thing for them to do, so maybe I'll help out. Also, there was this weird thing where I heard Bloom mumble something about "thanking Luna", which I didn't get. I mean, Princess Luna hasn't been anywhere near Ponyville in a while, so what's she talking about?

Meh, probably just the usual silly Crusader stuff.