And so, Hephaestus Wept

The last thing to grace March's sight was a rainbow, the colors rapidly draining away all darkness as it all turned to white. The last thing he felt was a great calm, his body frayed and excitable being brought to a soothed halt.

Unfortunately, the next thing was not so pleasant.

When he awoke, his wrists and ankles were bound to a bedframe as a winged and horned horse made itself known.

"And so we meet," A soft feminine voice would hum as she came into view, March's surroundings covered in darkness as a pale white horse with a muted pastel rainbow mane came into view... And they did not look happy.

"I'd say I touched a nerve... But I just woke up..." March groaned before sighing.

"You attacked my sister," The mystery mare scoffed.

"You... Put her up there, didn't you?"

The mare's face contorted with fury, small spheres of light appearing around her, "Don't change the subject! You tried to kill my sister!"

"No... I tried-" With a physical flex of his muscles, March would send out a small burst of dense dark mana; breaking the restraints, "To put her to sleep. You... Look like you want to kill me."

"You are a demon of Tartarus, here only to cause whatever trouble you see fit!" The mare declared with righteous fury... Before deflating, "But every account says otherwise. Despite your many threats of violence, deliberate acts of terrorism-"

"Terrorism?" All three voices questioned at once.

"As well as the property damage caused to Town Hall-"

"Is that where we landed when your sister blasted us planetside?" Sato asked, "If you ask me, it's pretty easy to figure out why she was there."

The horned, winged mare huffed as a fire seemed to light underneath her mane, "Oh? And why pray would that be, Demon?"

March's features darkened, SkullSatamon's crimson bones appearing over his features, "Aw, what an adorable little show..." Sarcastic glee would be replaced with harsh criticism, "Admit it, you're just a senseless monarch with a power kink... Sealing the only thing between you and total control-"

A grand, gold light would burst outwards, encompassing all shadow within the small room as its surface area started to melt and settle as the light faded, "And here you are, trying to kill us," Lulu continued with no less vitriol, "What can one expect from a child who never grew up?"

"I have!" The mare shouted, mane flaring with the force of a small star and further melting the room around her before snuffed out in a split second, "I ... I have. I wanted to use this night to reconnect with her..."

"Through a botched world domination attempt?" March asked as he looked at the damage, "Were you born yesterday or are you immortal?"

"Why would immortality correlate?" The mare asked curiously.

"For fucks sake, this is why I hate you angel types," Sato groaned as Lulu mentally rolled her eyes and earning him a glare from the mare, "It means you're too early in your life cycle to treat you like an actual adult."

"An actual- I am more than one thousand years old!"

"No, you're ten, because a ten year old has no concept of death or time," Sato bit back, "Mortals aged seventy to ninety understand life and society far more than some prissy godling sitting on a throne."

The mare slowly closed her eyes, glaring daggers at the half man... Before sighing, "I... Have been a child, haven't I?"

"At least you're aware," March murmured as he rubbed his wrist, "Say, you aren't planning on pinning your sister's crimes on me are you?"

"I thought about it, but as much as it pains me to say, I don't think I'd have my sister back if it wasn't for your intervention... And it seems our heroes have also taken a liking to you."

"Heroes?" The door to the room opened again, the six mares from the previous night's encounter rushing in and stopping just a foot away, "Ohhh, Hero-"

Fluttershy, to her credit, lasted all of two seconds before rushing the blacksmith, tears running down her face, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm-"

"Woah! Sorry about what?" His question... Spooked the others.

"Y'all was out cold and ya weren't breathin..." Applejack said softly, "We thought we... Hurt ya."

"You thought you kil-" March would find his mouth silenced once more by a cupcake, Pinkie looking at him sadly as she shakes her head slowly.

Taking the time to savor the treat and feeling much more refreshed afterwards, "So... I guess since I did my time with her sister-" He would casually point a thumb at the larger mare before getting to his feet and stretching languidly, "You all get to help me go back home~"

"Home?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Yes, home. The planet Earth? If you can harbor me, it means that there is or was at some point, a connection to the Greater Internet."

Blinks of confusion were his only reply.

"Okay... No internet..." Hanging his head, March sat cross legged on the bed and hummed in thought, "However you all seem to have magic. Any of you know about the Cosmic Microwave Background?"

When silence reigned, Twilight's magic burst before her, a quill and notepad now floating by her head once more.

"Okay... Gonna take that as a no," Clearing his throat, March would focus darkness and light upon his palms before gently coaxing them together into a contained explosion, "My world holds a long lasting theory known as the Big Bang. It was the point in time where existence as modern science knows it began."

"What's that got to do with... Whatcha call it?" Rainbow asked with genuine curiosity.

"Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, sometimes just CMB for short. The occult theory goes, that the energies from the Big Bang never faded and its what grants us magic... But who really knows."

Twilight's eyes would shine with stars, quill writing a mile a minute, "Actually, I'm a bit of a researcher myself and I would love to learn more about-"

"Now now, our new friend needs to rest, don't you?" The look the taller mare had given promised more annoyance than actual harm as they draped a wing over Twilight's eyes, "But, I fear I have forgotten myself. I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria."

"March Sierravista, blacksmith," he would then raise his hands up as Sato and Lulu came into ghostly view, "And my partners, the Arch Demon Sato-" SkullSatamon's skull appeared in his right hand with a grunt, "And Lulu, also known as Dianamon, goddess of the Moon," A Dianamon's armored face appeared with a pout.

"So you do have a demon with you," Celestia mused as March got to his feet and bowed.

"You don't attack me, we don't retaliate," March offered once the spectral images of his allies faded.

Celestia gave a huff, but smiled, "Likewise... Will you be staying here? You're free to remain at this clinic for however long until you find suitable living-"

"That ruined castle, I'll live there," March replied easily, the girls immediately moving to protest until-

"So it shall be," Celestia replied whilst draping her right wing over her chest, "It is in desperate need of repair however."

With a chuckle, March simply stretched before opening his bedside window, "No use staying here to whine about it. See ya~"

And with a leap into the air, holy energy would surround him as he cried, "Lunamon, Digivolve to!"

An elongated feline tail would sprout from his tail bone, fingernails became claws, his natural ears would recede and change into large feline ears as white fur would sprout from his joints along with a set of whiskers.

"Tailmon!"

Many a pony would scream and shout as he made contact with the ground floor as he races away, Celestia immediately regretting her every decision.