I think you may have forgotten a little detail: Diego doesn't know Victoria knows about him being Zorro... wouldn't the note sent in the prison cell, signed by Victoria, sound REALLY awkward to him, when the words "Dear Diego" appear on the top? :) And even if she wrote "Dear Zorro" instead, the fact that she mentions Felipe in their plan means she knows he is Zorro's friend, wouldn't that be something equally upsetting to Diego? ;)

oh well... I read the rest of the chapter and it seems it won't matter much now lol :D how are they all going to get out of this "disaster"!

Wow I really, really wonder how you will write the outcome of this duel! This is a very tricky situation for both Zorro and Mendoza! Finally the poor Sergeant gets his shining moment, not too soon :)

haha I didn't expect that one, a "Z" and a "M" uh? lol

"how in the world did they get the idea to team up?" por DeSoto :D

I owe you a longer review, it will come up soon ;)

holy smokes the lancers heard them talk! :O
this is heading to disaster all right!! I am shocked!
jumping to chapter 7 right now :)

Such a big secret for Mendoza to keep, uh? Somehow I doubt he can be trusted on the long term with it, poor him :) I'd be worried to death if I were Diego ahah.

It's interesting you brought up Felipe's feelings in all of this. It must be a shock indeed!

Oh, my! My heart was in my throat for awhile there! I sincerely hope that Mendoza doesn't get into trouble! Or Zorro, for that matter!
Keep up the great work!

oh wow! this is really a new take on the usual New World Zorro stories! What a surprise! :o and a good one at that.

I must say I am really intrigued now with this chapter 2. You've set a totally different approach, with... I can't say it here. I would spoil it for others if they read my review! Haha xD

There's a lot going on in this chapter all right. Wondering where all of this will be going now... :)

Yay, some activity in the Zorro section (I am a culprit for not updating my own story in forever too...)

This is an interesting premise, one that makes me wonder what kind of situation will arise from Mendoza's discovery, and if his relationship with Zorro and/or Diego will evolve from there. I would sure love to read more about a story where Mendoza would be the center of attention a little more than usual :) DO you plan to make him one of the main characters for this story?

Technical details:

I would recommend for future chapters to try and make the format a little easier to read. You can edit this first chapter easily to split it into more paragraphs, especially between dialogues (a new line for each character speaking), as this first chapter was somewhat difficult to read.

Also, I suggest you make a second pass at punctuation. Nothing major, but a few sentences were awkward. For example: "they only made them nervous not to say something wrong to the Alcalde, slowly he answered:" - the part starting with "slowly" seems to be missing something.. or "Sì, Alcalde?". "Mendoza..." doesn't need a period between the two sentences.

few typos I found while reading:
- She turned around and saw here friends = her friends
- siësta = siesta (no need for ¨)
- Sì = Sí
- peoples lives = people's lives
- Vamanos = Vámonos

Hoping to see some more activity here soon ;) Keep it up!

Oh, no! At least it was Mendoza. I hope Mendoza remembers that Zorro is his friend! This story is VERY well named. I am truly nervous. I hope like heck you don't plan on offing Zorro!
In the meantime, PLEASE don't leave (us) on this cliffhanger for long!