AN: This is a collection of short reveal stories based on the episodes of our favorite Zorro my view of what could have happened. I am not going to do every episode if there is an episode you want me to look into you can let me know.
I will try to keep the order of the episodes. The rating can change I don't know yet.
I don't own Zorro or anything that is known about the series, I am just a fan doing this for other fans.
Dead man tell no tales
The moon was full and bright that night, no clouds in sight. Everything was in silence, everyone was asleep, everyone except two young men in the De La Vega hacienda. The library was dimmed in a soft light of only one candle, an excellent atmosphere to watch the moon tonight.
Felipe had been polishing the wooden telescope that Diego used to study the moon. He signed to Diego that the telescope was ready to use.
" You are ready?" Diego asked cheerfully
Felipe nodded.
" Let's see what the man and the moon have in store to us tonight." Diego looked into the telescoped and smiled. Felipe had a surprise in store for him. He had drawn a Z in black inked and placed it in the middle of the beautiful full moon. Diego smiled the should have known, Felipe was a creative young man, always in the front row to do something small but meaningful like this. The Z though brought images of the past day in Diego's mind. He could have lost the woman he loved today, if it wasn't for Zorro, she would have been hanged. Diego shook the images of Victoria on gallows, images of how it could be if he hadn't discovered that the dead man was really an actor and a friend of Alcalde Luis Ramon.
Felipe turned to his patron and friend Diego with eyes asking what was wrong.
Diego smiled sadly, " saddle Toronado Felipe, Zorro will make a visit to the tavern to seen how Victoria is doing."
In the tavern
Victoria sat in front of her mirror, she was brushing her hair when she thought of the events of today. She had never been so scared in her life. She was already in her nightgown, glad to change her the clothes that she was wearing for two days now. Her brown skirt dirty from sleeping in that dirty cell, The white blouse she was wearing those two days was dirty from all the dust, the white blouse wasn't white anymore but had brownish tint due to all the dust on the plaza. She was wearing a simple white nightgown. She placed her brush down and looked to her window when a knock could be heard, there was only one man who would knock on her window. She took the little candle and placed it on her little nightstand, the candle so little she would soon need to replace it.
She opened her window, " Zorro? What honor do I have of you visiting me?" her thoughts were with Zorro the whole night, how did he discover that the man wasn't dead, she only talked to Diego that day, he was the only one who knew about the dead man's belongings that were in the Alcalde's possession. Zorro jumped into Victoria's room.
" I am sorry to disturb you senorita, but I was a little bit worried about you." the little candle gave just enough light to see the part of the face that wasn't covered by his mask.
" worried? About me?" Victoria couldn't hide the fact that butterflies were flying in her body. The dark covered the fact she blushed a little. She felt like a teenager in love with someone out of reach for her.
" I was afraid that you would die never knowing..." he paused in mid-sentence, his mind was still fighting with his heart to give in to his feelings to tell her that he loved her.
" Never knowing what, Zorro?" Victoria touched his uncovered cheek with the palm of her hand. She looked deep into his eyes. She had a suspicion about what Zorro wanted to tell her but she needed to hear him say it.
Zorro sighed while he leaned in Victoria's hand, " I shouldn't tell you this while I am wearing this mask, it is not fair towards you."
" Just tell me, Zorro." Victoria kept her hand on his cheek.
Zorro closed his eyes for a brief moment, his mind still at war with his heart, it was now up to him to chose his head who was saying don't do it you will bring her life in danger and her heart, you can't ignore the feelings you have, she is known to be important to you and she had a right to know how you feel, give your love a chance. Zorro opened his eyes again, a decision made, his heart had won from his heart.
" You could have died without you knowing how I feel about you. I love you Victoria Escalante" he looked deep in Victoria her beautiful brown eyes. Zorro placed his gloved hand over the hand that Victoria had placed on his cheek.
Victoria's heart started to jump from joy, she had always dreamed about this moment, while she looked in those deep blue eyes. She helps but thinking that she had seen those eyes before, she started to think where she had seen those eyes before, she would give it a second thought later today.
She closed her eyes enjoying the feeling of his raw leather gloves on the skin of her hand.
" I love you too, Zorro." she closed her eyes again, remembering the nights she was locked up in jail. She had heard him mocking the Alcalde, those images were replaced from images of his deep blue eyes, remembering that she had looked in Diego his eyes for the very first time, never thinking further about it. Diego had the same blue eyes as Zorro, images changed from Diego his eyes over Zorro's eyes until she opened her eyes, she didn't see Zorro the hero anymore but Diego in a mask.
" Should I risk it in telling him, what if I am wrong?" this time it was Victoria's mind in a war with her heart. She could have everything she ever wanted if she was right.
" Diego is that you underneath that mask?" she asked shyly hoping she would be right. She was in love with Diego from the moment he had returned to Madrid always in her mind that he was a caballero and she was from a lower family.
Zorro was shocked for a moment when he heard his name, he didn't know how to react, he wasn't prepared for people recognizing him.
" I am right isn't it?" she asked her head leaning to the right to get a better view.
Zorro sighed he was through with hiding from the woman he loved. He nodded slightly but enough for Victoria to see. He threw his hat on her bed and lifted the mask from his face.
" I am done hiding from you, mi preciosa. Can you handle a relationship with the coward of the pueblo who rides out at night? I want to ask you as Diego, the permission to court you?"
A big smile appeared on Victoria's face, " That would be a dream come true." she pulled him down and placed her lips on his in a sweet kiss, he scooped her up in his arms and leaned in deepen the kiss.
" I need to go now, my princess, but tomorrow, we will start a new chapter in our lives," Zorro said before he jumped out of her window and on Toronado's back to riding into the night.
Their hearts had won tonight and they were ready to celebrate that the rest of their lives
Stay tuned for the next episode of Zorro revealed.
