"Seriously? That's one of the most hardest tricks in the book. You really wont be able to pull it off. Only one Pegasus has, and that's Rainbow. Do you really want to try and beat her?" Rain Maker questioned him. She was his best, and really only, friend. She didn't want to bare guilt just because he literally jumped off a cloud and died. But Angel wasn't having any of it.
"She was just lucky, i'm sure everypony can do it, just they haven't tried. Heheh, i'll show 'em. Sonic Rainbooms ain't just for her."
He readied himself on the edge of a large cloud hanging above the town of Ponyville.
"Here I go!" He exclaims as he flies upwards a few flaps, the flips himself and plummets down towards the quiet, sleepy town below him. Clouds whizzed past him as he started accelerating and was closing in on the sound barrier, ready to be broken any point now. A sudden thought rushed though his near empty brain.
"Oh Celestia..." He was closing in on the earthy soil much too early. In a desperate attempt and near reflex move, he snapped his wings open in hopes he could just stop falling and go home. That wasn't the case. The sudden drag caused both wings to rupture and fall limp. Pain shot though his body and he didn't care for his fate anymore. Gravity caused him to hit the ground with tremendous force.
Thankfully, that same drag that caused his wings to break also just saved his life. Just. Four eventless months later, he awoke from the coma he developed from the crash. He was alive. And boy, did it feel good back then. But a crash like that dosn't come without its downsides. His entire left wing as named "unsaveable" and in turn, had to be amputated. At first, Angel didn't feel a thing, but the pain kicked in a short time afterwards. His parents explained the whole accident and what had to be done.
"But... H-how am I meant to... You know... Become a r-racer now?" Angel asked anxiously, he already knew the answer, but he wanted to be sure. His mother then confirmed the words that probably changed his life from that point.
"You... Can't"
Angel's eyes teared up as he embraced his mother. He always wanted to become a famous racer or to become a Wonderbolt. Maybe both. Now that was clearly something he was never going to achieve. His mother always told him to dream big and work hard so you achieve the said dream. However, this was probably his wrong doing.
After he awoken from his four monthly slumber, he had to stay for another few weeks so he could regain strength and for some other tests to be done. Other relatives and friends visited him while he was in hospital, but his best friend, Rain, never visited him and he wondered why. This question was answered when he returned to the city among the clouds. Apparently she had left shortly after the incident. Why? He didn't know.
From beyond this point he tried continuing a normal pegasus life, in a flightless body. He attended school, visited the library, did homework, on course for good grades. Even though he always thought to himself that he was normal and he was living a good life.
The incident will be forever engraved in his memories.