I was utterly shocked when I heard those words. "She's going to be paralyzed for three days?!" I asked the doctor. "Looks like it," he told me. "But the competition's still going!" I exclaimed. I heard a TV click on, and a newspony say, "Bad news from the Equestrian Surfing Championships: A storm broke out shortly after the beginning of the Pegasus Division, Group C. One surfer was seriously injured, but afterwards officials have recognized the storm and no more injuries have occurred. The competition as a whole has been postponed for one week, until on-location pegasi can handle the situation." Then the TV was turned off. I heard the doctor continue, "But she may not ever make a full recovery. We've only covered some of her bleeding, the rest is internal. We may have to do surgery, but not as of now. Her major arteries are in working order, but she has serious internal bleeding in her back legs." "She… may not recover?" I asked, my voice wavering as I tried to hold back tears. "I'm not positive, but it doesn't look good for her," he said, "The best thing we can do is wait." "How long until we'll be positive about it?" I asked. "About two weeks," he said. Then he walked out of the room, taking the nurse with him.

"Wave…" I said to nopony in particular as I walked over and sat morosely at her bedside, "I'm so sorry…" Then a thought flashed through my mind like a bolt of lightning, striking my brain. I remembered a book I'd read a little while back. It said that Princess Twilight had previously cast incredibly high-level spells, such as time travel spells, and was capable of spells of much higher quantities, such as age spells, duplication spells and healing spells. Healing spells… healing spells… that's it! If I could manage to get my hooves on the Princess, then I could get her to help Wind for me! I knew that the Princess would be in Canterlot that is where she lives after all. The only problem is that Canterlot is all the way across Equestria, I didn't know if I could make it. I really didn't want them to have to do surgery, that'd impact her flying and surfing forever, if she ever managed to get back. I knew that doctors are very stubborn, so that I had to be back in two weeks and I wasn't sure I could get all the way across Equestria, diagonally for that matter, in that time. I was on the southern end of the east coast; Canterlot is on the tallest and farthest north mountain in the Western Mountain Range.

I wouldn't know unless I tried to get across the distance, though. It was the only way. I knew that you could die from internal bleeding also, she already ruptured two arteries and I didn't want any permanent damage. That shortened my time limit to two days. But time was a-wasting, and I took off, crashing through the window and flying directly northwest towards Canterlot.

I was constantly blinking the tears out of my eyes, thinking about Wave and also going so fast. My mane and tail were flapping in the wind, my wings still burned from my earlier feat.

And I flew even faster.

I saw the far-south town of Fillydelphia, and I looked down on Wave's home town with shame. How could I possibly neglect to be more of a help to the pony who was raised here?

And I flew even faster just to escape the sight of it.

I flew higher too, above the cloud layer. The air was thinner and there weren't very many clouds below me, but I kept pushing.

And I flew even faster.

I felt a burning in my front hooves, probably because they were extended in front and catching all of the friction as I parted the air. I felt like I was being stretched through a tunnel, my wings were flapping as fast as they possibly could.

And I flew even faster.

I felt my back hooves being pushed together, but I didn't care. I flew over Baltimare, then flew not too much farther and passed Ponyville.

And I flew even faster.

My wings burned as I flew over Cloudsdale. I saw the gorgeous rainbow falls and thought of Wave's favorite pony.

And I flew even faster.

I thought of the mythical sonic rainboom, that had first been performed by that very pony in this very city, I blinked one last tear out of my eyes and set a determined look on the clouds in front of me. "This one's for you, Wave," I whispered, although I knew she couldn't hear me… I was being stretched like a piece of taffy. And then….

I heard a booming noise that echoed through the sky, flying suddenly became incredibly easy and I no longer felt the burning in my hooves and wings. I effortlessly soared through the sky, forgetting about everything. I looked behind me, and I gasped in awe. I'd performed a sonic rainboom. Or, it wasn't exactly a rainboom. It felt like something else, I felt like I was flying through silk. Flying through perfectly serene water. It was what I'd thought it was: it was a sonic windboom. I still didn't smile. I was still thinking about Wind. I passed Manehattan, and I knew I was getting close to Canterlot. I saw the mountain range in the distance. "Canterlot, here I come…" I whispered, a hint of fear still lingering in my voice and in my mind.

I didn't put my wings out to slow down, that'd break them clean off. I leaned back, putting all four hooves out in front. I slowed down slowly, and I landed on the highest balcony in Canterlot Castle. As the adrenaline rushed away, my wings ached like they never had before, and they felt as if they were on fire. I didn't have the strength to fold them, and as such they hung limply at my sides, dragging on the floor. I felt soft, almost cloud-like carpeting beneath my hooves, I hung my head low simply because that I didn't have the energy to keep it up. I kept my ears open for any hoofsteps, and I walked down the long hallway. I looked up and saw a bright purple door, and I knew it must be the Princess's. I knocked on the door, and then somepony opened it.