Spike felt the cool spring breeze over his glistening scales, promptly waking him from his generous sleep. He was on a grassy green hill overlooking his hometown, Ponyville. He picked a fresh flower from his side, being two of his favorite colors; white and purple. It was a sunny day, and he enjoyed looking at the sun through his closed eyelids. He had sat there to think.
Spike had grown older, even sprouted wings, and many mares around town had told him he also became very handsome, sometimes in ways he did not enjoy. Being the teenager he was, he was a very independent soul, yet he still hung around with his sister, Twilight Sparkle. He was not on this hill for just any reason, though. He had been having relationship troubles. Spike was still new to the concept of having a fillyfriend, but he enjoyed her company, and vice versa. He and Sweetie Belle had been in a relationship for some time now, about a year. He had feelings for her for a while before he grew a pair (of wings).
He had first recognized his feelings when he danced with the beautiful filly at his former crushes wedding. He still remembered the shy filly in her beautiful hoof made bridesmaid dress being hesitant to dance with him, but she quickly found that he was a great and entertaining dance partner, as Celestia had taught him many skills when he still resided in Canterlot. They had a great time, drinking punch, telling jokes, and even sharing a few slow dances that Spike would have gagged over if he was a viewer of the dance. Yet, when he found himself in that situation, he embraced it, as he did Sweetie Belle after the dance. He was having such a fun time, that when it was time to leave, he was not prepared for a quick peck on his cheek, effectively stunning him as she walked away.
As Sweetie skipped away with her sister, he watched another one accompanying the pair. There was the classy stallion that stole his former crushes heart, and saw them nuzzle affectionately. When he first found out of their engagement, he was enraged, ready to strangle that snob who he knew to be Fancy Pants. But as he gave Fancy Pant's back the death stare, he couldn’t help but look at the stunning filly that had just taken his breath away only moments ago. He had already found out that Rarity was a lost cause, and if she was not interested in returning his feelings, then it’s her loss.
Twilight then approached him, with one of the most know it all smirks he had ever witnessed. “So, how was your night Spike? I sure had a fun time watching you and Sweetie Belle, dancing under the moonlight.” Spike then realized that his overbearing sister had watched the whole deal. “W W Well… it was interesting…” he replied as he was sure he was more red than Big Mac at the moment. “ Can we go home please?” he requested. “Sure, lover boy.” And somehow, her smirk grew bigger.
After that experience, he quickly started to try to avoid the subject with twilight at much as possible. Though Twilight made it nearly impossible as she had shoved every relationship guide and romance novel in spikes face to try to continue what she had witnessed. Spike, on the other hand, preferred to hide away in his room anytime the C.M.C. came into the library. Which was suspiciously often, and equally was how long a certain white filly had prolonged the trips, waiting for Spike to return from “quill shopping.” He still owed Twilight for that lie that got him out of confronting his fears. It was something he was not particularly proud of, but an issue of “Power Ponies” would usually get his mind off the problem before he got frustrated with himself.
Only for a little while. He soon realized he could not ignore his feelings, let alone hide them, from himself, or Twilight. He started drawing pictures of Sweetie in her bridesmaids dress, and Twilight found them, almost giving her brother a heart attack. But alas, it was too late. Twilight decided he had prolonged his feelings for too long, and the next time the C.M.C stopped by for a book, she put a few surprise "bookmarks" in Sweetie Belle’s book, along with the name of the artist. This had made Spike mad, but he soon thanked Twilight for forcing him to reveal his feelings for the filly that plagued his dreams.
As Spike continued to reminisce on his past with Sweetie, as he called her, he remembered their first date at Sugar Cube Corner. When he got to the home and business of the local dressmaker and asked Sweetie there, he couldn’t even finish his sentence before Rarity pulled Sweetie inside for preparation, or as Sweetie told Spike, torture. Somehow Sweetie managed to escape her sisters grasp for a few brief moments, and said with a smile “I’d love to Spike, I’ll see you there at six.” He then was too slow to cover his ears, as rarity Screeched in excitement ans blasted his ear drums out.
The date went well, and he soon set up another. After several dates, at the end of a memorable one to the symphony, he received a kiss on the lips from her, and Twilight had to come for carry her brother home with her magic. They then started calling each other filly and colt friends, and had a great relationship, until the last couple of days. Sweetie said that she wanted him to meet her parents she showed spike a picture of Magnum Belle, her father, and Pearl Belle, her mother. Spike was hesitant, but she convinced him to journey to his old hometown of Canterlot with Rarity and Fancy to meet her parents.
Sweetie belle and Spike had an enjoyable train ride, talking to Rarity and Fancy Pants about their time together, and shared how each of the couples met. It was during this time that Spike noticed a flier on the wall, in bold print stating “STOP INTER SPECIES FREAKS: LOBBY FOR NEW LAWS PROHIBITING THESE RELATIONSHIPS.” Spike had known of griffins and dragons coming to Canterlot, and he also had a couple of friends who were in inter species relationships, but he never knew anyone would oppose them. It was at that time he saw Rarity gasping, this one was different than her melo-dramatic ones, but this was something true. He then looked closer at the flier, and noticed a certain pair of signatures on the flier. “Approved by Magnum and Pearl Belle.”