//------------------------------// // Mountains // Story: Autophobia // by Ice Star //------------------------------// just over the horizon She sees the tell-tale sign the great barrier north of all of equestria the waste where a crystal land was torn off the map the fledgling nation of trotland the only thing farther into this hateful harmony-lacking waste is the true valley of the tribes not the wizard's little slice rotting away like the rest of history that She wants to forget and almost did vicious rock that tries to separate Her from answers it cuts Her legs until the blood is numbed like the rest of Her hours upon hours of walking stopping wanting to turn back She falls to the ground when she reaches a point where one as tall as Her can look and see all She remembers too and that's what breaks the ice at least for now Her raw scream is lost in the wind but She finally cries again