Awesome to see an early update!
Even without reading the original fic, the few descriptions I've heard of it so far have burned away my sympathy for Rarity, and even mostly for Twilight.
Still, that's about the most intense and utter destruction of Twilight's life that I've ever read, and she hasn't even gone to court yet. Damn.
Probably going to read Kaidan's fic now, since the rest of the mane 6 will probably be demolished too, and I have yet to develop a burning hatred for them.

Excellent Chapter. The feels are intensifying. Miles, you are most certainly doing this very right.

3359273 Thanks. But I'm getting the feeling that in the next chapter or two, some people's expectations are going to be let down.

3359275 Maybe, maybe not. But the first two chapters have exceeded expectations, so what could be so bad as to let us down now?

3359278 I really want to tell all of you what to expect, but that would spoil things.

3359285 Unless you give up on your 'release schedule' and decide to just throw all the rest of the chapters at us at once. (obvious begging is obvious) You can always write another fic afterwards, if you're worried we'll be too bored between the ending of this fic, and the premiere of season 4.

3359290 No. I don't know. When the feed back pours in, I may release another. I don't know. This is all you're getting until at least late late Friday. I really don't want to release anything further until Monday. But we'll see.

3359293 OK. Just remember, those who become drug dealers are associating themselves with junkies who'll go to great lengths to get their fix. (begging, bribing, manipulation, etc)

What is a drug? Well, some believe drugs are chemicals, but I believe at the core, a drug is something which induces a significant change in mental state. In this sense, even a work of literature can be considered a drug, and Miles, you are our drug dealer.

(I mean this all in a positive, and slightly humorous way. I hope you don't take any offence to my analogy)

3359298 Nonetheless, yes, I am scrapping my release schedule. Once a week is too long for chapters this short.

Miles broke! Noooooo!

3359329 You're the one who knocked me out and locked me in your basement!

3359330 That's bullshit and you know it! That was not me for the last time!

3359335 I don't know anyone else who reads my fics in full body black rubber and latex.

3359337 You can't pinpoint that as me.

3359343 This is the Internet. I can prove anything I want.

3359347 Alright then, you're a whoring slut! Chew on that!

3359347 I think someone has spent too much time on /b/ to be honest.

3359355 I have NEVER gone to /b/. I have only seen screenshots.

3359353 *chews*

Mmmm. Juicy.

3359357 Well shoot. You missed its haydays. Now it's mostly porn threads, 'donate to my paypal cuz I haz no job' threads, and other bullshit. /b/ is going down the toilet. (so is /g/, and debatably, /mlp/)

3359358 ...that sounds good. And hawt.

3359362 Going down the toilet? I have always viewed /b/ as the undisputed anus of the Internet, followed closely by the rest of 4chan.

Why do you think 99% of brony drama doesn't surprise me? Just look at where we got our start.

3359368 Yes, /b/ has always been the internet's anus, but it used to be like the anus of an African Mine Worker, sometimes you'd find hidden diamonds. Now it's like an obese american's anus, it's always shitty, and always a real mess.

Wow!

I did not expect a new chapter so soon.
...and it was utterly devastating, but in a good way.

I look forward to the rest of this. You have a true gift for storytelling.

Oh, and I think there was an extra word left in the following line:
While it is debatable whether you were would have been able to stop yourself

Wow, one blow after another dropped on Twilight this chapter, I was almost feeling sorry for her, even after all that she had done, then the scene with Spike... that felt like a kick to the stomach, the only way you could have made it more painful for her was if when she came back she found Spike and Sweetie Belle trying to comfort each other then had BOTH of them deliver something like that, or just have had Spike mention what Sweetie must be going through right now, not only learning what her sister had done, but losing her at the same time. Looks like doing the right thing in the end really got Twilight screwed over in this scenario, and that's not even taking into account weather or not Pinkie, Applejack and possibly Fluttershy hate her now.

This is, with out a doubt, most depressing story I have ever read, that I still found myself liking, maybe because all the characters who were not altered for the sake of the last story are reacting exactly like a normal person would react if they learned that someone they cared for had done such terrible things, maybe its because the writing makes the emotions of each scene portray themselves not just in dialog, but in the way the description becomes less and less vivid as Twilight becomes more and more overwhelmed giving the feeling of how Twilight has started to become simply overwhelmed and was no longer able to observe the world around her as the events unfolded. Now I wonder if Twilight will have it in her to plead guilty to the crimes she has committed, and the willpower to testify against her friends if they do not.

I just wanted you to know, I love you. That is all.

I kind of have trouble taking seriously all these real consequences for what clearly occurred due to clopfic logic. It's like she suffered temporary insanity because the prior writer said so and is inexplicably better because this is a different story, not for any "real" reasons.

When reading this I noticed one thing over all...
When you condense all that happens into 1 paragraph in front of a school board, it sounds even worse.
Oh Twilight, how horrible you and your friends are...

keep up the good work and a toast in your honor dear author.

I do not see a derpy pony.
I see Derpy, a pony.
One day I will figure out how to get a sig on Fimfiction.

Well, it's official. I like this ending better than the Canon one, simply because it's more like what would happen if someone kidnapped their best friend.

While beating the crap out of Rarity was, I'd say, cathartic, it's time for Twilight to face the consequences - and this was executed perfectly, I love how Twilight goes from "I regret nothing" while talking to the school board to emotional wreck while talking to Celestia.

And few words about Celestia: she acted like a bitch, but I actually understand her: Elements of Harmony suddenly started to kidnap/torture/beat into coma one another, so punishment is needed, because: a) Purely practical, political reason: her subjects would consider her weak if she couldn't deal with the elements, b) she treated Twilight as her daughter, and possible heir, and she suddenly does such a thing (Spike said it best: she just sat there, taking notes). Such a disillusion was surely painful for her.

tl;dr: why can't I fav this fic one more time?

3359825 When I take something as OOC as Mistress Do Well and suddenly make it as in-character as I can, yes, something is going to be lost in the translation. Sorry.

Dang, Twilight lost everything. I honestly didn't see the studying abroad angle coming

She couldn't yet being the words to her mouth.

This probably should be "bring."

Unable to say anything else through his tears, he dropped the pile of notes, picked up his bindle, and walked past the shamed unicorn, exiting the library without another word.

You would think that Twilight's lost Alicorn status would be more than just a footnote at the end of the chapter. The unprincessing of a princess would have been as big a spectacle as the coronation.

3360525 Eh...part of me thinks this would be something they'd want to keep quiet. For quite a few possible reasons.

Dame. She lost everything. I think when spike was holding those notes, she lost it. Keep going I like where this is going.

3360525

She's still an Alicorn. She's just not a ruler [So she's like pre-Crystal Empire Cadance (who wasn't a ruler), but with less legal standing, and she can be in prision for longer than any other pony). Which is so much worst. Think about it, living forever, known as a one of the worst monsters in Equestria, hated, despised. With any potential lover knowing that she participated in the kidnapping, rape, and torture of her previous one. All in a way to make said lover a better pony.

3360746 The word that he uses is "unicorn," so either that was an error or she had her Alicorn status removed. If it was removed, I just thought it should have been explored more than just a single sentence at the end of chapter two.

3361035 It was an error. I wasn't aware of Twilight's alicorn status in Kaidan's story until chapter 4, long after I began writing this.

AJ and Pinkie are next, I suppose. I guess Fluttershy can expect some indulgence, considering she was a victim of Rarity´s "conditioning training" herself.
For Applejack, the disappointed, horrified looks of her family while the guards taking her for trial may be a punishment worse than anything else. Same for Pinkie with the townfolks and the Cakes.

So. Uhm. Mr. Miles. Dat Next Chapter. Dat October 18th = Friday. You gonna give us an update on Oct 18, perhaps?

Remember, 119 likes means that not just 119 people read and enjoyed this, but 119 people actually have registered accounts on this site, read, and liked this. That should say enough in itself. (but possibly, even more people might like this story, as I know you can read storys and enjoy them, without having a fimfiction account. I didn't make a fimfic account right away, but I read loads of stories on here, and enjoyed them. I made an account later for commenting purposes.)

3361228 You give a mouse a cookie...

You have no idea how much I am relishing this fic.

3363094 Update in 4-5 minutes. Stay tuned.

Wow, very exciting.

I think Twilight really deserves worse. I mean when she summarized it like that, even If she didn't attack Rarity. She's an accomplice to rape and I'm surprised an intelligent pony like her didn't realize it was getting out of hand earlier. Seems a little out of character is all, but that's mainly the hole the original story dug itself into. You are doing a good job of rationalizing it so far.

On to the next chapter.

3459376
Twilight is what I call her a "learn-oholic": she loves to learn something new... like how Rarity was conditioning Dash and how it was affecting Dash's psyche. When she realized what the Main 5 were ACTUALLY doing, her moral compass kicked in and tried to fix the damages.

I say she got an appropriate punishment.

"stick-and-bindle"

wow, had no idea those things from cartoons had a name.....

...
Ok this is bad
Not bad as in badly written... its just my poor feels

Serves you right Twilight...

Poor Spike...he has to be taking this hard, Sweetie Belle too.