The story starts 11 years in the future from where the show is at right now. Spike and Sweetie Belle are in their late teens, Twilight is in college, and the rest of the Mane Six have grown up quite a bit. With everypony occupied with their expanding personal lives, Spike and Sweetie Belle are left feeling isolated and forgotten by their friends and family. But their growing love for each other brings its own set of problems: When you're the only dragon for hundreds of miles, and you're in love with a pony, nothing is easy.
Chapters (7)
Equestia-589, The alternate Universe where Ponyville is now South Boston, Rarity is a complete MEGA Bitch, Spike and Sweetie Bell are both the victims of abuse and prejudice, Twilight is really passive aggressive, and Love and Tolerance have been told to "go fuck themselves." At the end of everything, what happiness found between both our protagonists is cherished and welcomed with open arms.
It's what you get when you fuse Good Will Hunting, 8 Mile and a dash of random teen-angst films. Regardless this was really well done and you set up character relations very well and I almost got choked up when everyone was attacking Sweetie, (but I didn't because manly men don't shed emotion, errr...now excuse me I have go punch some shit and go build a mountain or something). I kinda wanna see Spike make something of himself either that or go all B Rabbit and get a record deal. Still this was really good and I'd recommend it to others.
Peace Out.
40886 South Boston, lol.
I really appreciate the in-depth comment, it makes me ridiculously happy that people think about my story enough to say that much about it. :D It's kind of ironic though, I don't think I've seen either of those movies (although I have seen clips of 8 Mile; those and various Eminem songs were my main inspiration early on.)
Thanks very much, man!
I'm happy that you liked it that much, and I hope you'll stick around for the chapters yet to come!
This story....so many feels
In all, great story, cant wait to read more!
Though in my head everypony is humanized
Also lawl in Ch. 7 I thought its normal for a pony to be naked? (hence why humanized thought)
Keep up the great work!
You sure, this isn't set in South Boston?
Let's see here: close to a large body of water, prejudice, really nice upscale living near complete squalor, dingy little bars and close to a large expensive college: Harvard. All you need is Robin Williams telling Spike that it's not his fault followed by crying and hugging. Seriously, they show that film in every psychology coarse that's worth a damn.
this....
WAS FUKING
GEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Nice :p
This story can't escape the fact that it's really just another angsty teenage drama about anger and love, but at least it's more tolerable than others. Rarity seems too out of character in terms of selfishness and her uncaring attitude towards her sister, but I suppose the fame, wealth, and business can do that to even the best of ponies (>implying). What I would really like to know is if Twilight really IS taking Spike for granted or if he's just acting like a whiny b**** like most teenagers do. Well, the story itself is good, but you should have said that it was going to include anthro.
42907 First off, I freely admit that it's "just another angsty teenage drama about anger and love". I never intended for it to be anything else. But I thought it would be interesting how the flaws in certain characters (as I see them) might develop over time, bringing a not-so-happy tone to the relationships between characters.
Second, Rarity might be the 'element of generosity', but that doesn't mean that she doesn't seem like the most egotistical of the mane six (to me) and I think that, if she became too involved in the celebrity life, her pride could get the better of her. So you were mostly right about that.
Third, YES, Twilight has been taking Spike for granted. If you were paying attention, she freely admits that in chapter 5, during her apology to Spike. Also, she has a tendency, even in the show, to take him being there for granted. So yes, she has been neglectful, even if unintentionally. As for Spike being a whiny b**** like most teenagers, that's sort of a foregone conclusion. I myself am still a teenager for the next three months, and I've had plenty of experience with being a "whiny b****". It's a little different though, when you actually have something real to "whine" about.
As for the anthro stuff, does it really matter that much if they're anthros in the story? And if it does, why? It doesn't really have any impact on the story, other than the characters wearing clothes. I didn't think it was that important of a detail, so I didn't feel it was necessary to mention it.
But thanks for the compliment at any rate.
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Well, it's a good thing you're honest about the angsty stuff. Most writers would deny that fact, but you embraced it instead, a good sign. I suppose that anthro doesn't really affect the story, but some people are really turned off by that stuff. However, because I honestly wouldn't have read it if you said there was anthro, maybe it was for the best. I like your story, and am looking for an update, even if some characters are out of character. My only advice at this point is not to stray too far away from who the characters really are (the show). That is a habit that many writers have that turns good fanfics into a heaping pile of donkey S***.
Please, sir. may I have summoar?
52655 Well, I'll try...I'm kinda strapped for ideas right now, but I've got about half of the next chapter written. I'll try and get it finished soon.
And I'm glad you liked my story! 
this was an INSANELY well written chapter not a lot of errors from where I see it but keep writing you have me hooked
I bucking LOVE this story its so good
cant wait for the next chapter
56171 Thanks, I'm really glad you like it!
I don't know when the next chapter will be up, ideas have been kind of slow in coming, but I'll try to get it finished as soon as I can. 
Dude i normally luv twilight in all the stories i read and episodes i watch but all i can say is Spike 4TW
Spike just fucking bombed Twilight.
So fucking bawss.
I raged like a troll after that argument I cried deeply in my soul
There are 2 errors in this fic.
1- the rating is not 5 stars. we have to fix that.
2- not enough views. THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS ;_;
Well, its official, I hate this Rarity.
Good going with the emotion dude, keep it up!
Anthro? Didn't really notice.
Oh well, keep up the good work chap.
Wa ha ha ha ha.... Slutty Belle... Love it
THEN SHE WAS PREGNANT!
THEN SHE WAS PREGNANT... AGAIN!
Paper-thin walls... HA!
Oh and, is this a dimension where clothes are necessary? Or is this humanized sorta, cause that's what it sounds like.
Oh flashy box at the top of the page, Accept this offering for a good fic...
Hummmm...
Hummmm...
Hummmm...
42019 Let me level with ya...
Chemical Engineering? Is pretty smart.
General Relativity? That's pretty fucking smart.
This fanf- FUCKIIIIIIING GEEEEEENNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUUUSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
I love that YouTube video... Egoraptor is my favorite NewGrounds animator.
Goddamn, i love this story. second time reading it. If this is your first time, CONTINUE! YOU WILL NOT BE FUCKING DISSAPOINTED!
Loved it!!!
The chemistry between the characters have kept me wanting to read more and more of this fic 
It's been a looong while since the last update... hope you will continue it 
RIDIN' ON CARS
3rd time reading
very very nice but have you stop writing
200622 Well, not officially...it's just that I've been writers' blocked on this story for a while now, and it's hard for me to get back into writing the story. I'm still planning on continuing it, it just might take a while, that's all.
im i the only who thinks Spikes Black in this story
i hope your writers' block goes away soon.
I wonder what kind of job spike would have construction a box boy hmmmmm.......... also good story I'm hooked.
I like this story so far
interesting storyline, i hope writers block isn't too serious 
202438 Idea for a chapter Spike gets put in the hospital after getting beaten up by some racist pony that think what Sweetie Bell and Spike are doing is wrong
dat ending
sooooo... any news on this fic? its awesome. Btw why they need to put clothes on? they normally dont wear clothes
Write more i really like this story and i dont want to see it stopped
I got bord so decided to read this for 3rd time and it's still an awesome story
WOW. This story is amazing!!! It's simply packed with raw emotion!
Definitely the best Spike/Sweetie Belle shipping I ever read and definitely one of the better overall romance stories I've read here on Fimfiction. I MUST HAVE MOAR!!!
Btw, manly tears may have just been shed.
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563237 I totally agree
This reminds me so much about me when I was 17 a year ago literally an exact ponyfied version of my life a year ago
I hate rarity
You are awesome
This is why I love spike he remindes me of myself in the show and in this stroy you are great mate fucking legend
I cryed a lot during this chapter please man stop copying off my life just stop the whole shitty house my girlfriends mother coming over being a bitch the emotion spike is feeling is like 99% of the time what I was feeling and this is officially my fav story I've read on this site no in all of fanfiction and believe me that's alot
I now give this Maxs first badass bage of badassery congratulations you get a prize
Invisible fluttershy!
Goddamit I will not allow this to just fade into memmory it may not be that known but the people that do know it have read it over and over and over again including me it's great and I know it was quite a while ago since anything happens with this story but I've read this about 3 times now *sigh*. but really what can I do you will probably not even see this if only there was some way I could help
damn son encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRSleVX11VJv5j3zmXGSDZfcBZj1nZ6NRku4GQ0v5-aBJcbWixE
final freaking ly a good spike gets angry and doesn't just forget about it beside he gets to be angry this is one of my favorites
goddamit it take back what is said last chapter next time keep him angry dude