The Salamander of Equestria

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential- Winston Churchill

After Zin was officially made a citizen with the princess's knowing of his world and what he did. The group had arrived back at the Ponyville but had each went their own way's as they had to return to do their job's though each had a sneaky smile.

"Which means they are up to something but what?" Thought Zin as he walked around town. "It might aslo had something to do with why Twilight wanted me to walk around town to get used to the town, which I don't have a problem with."

He walked around town looking at the building's and citizens who just waved at him with smile's which he returned.

"I actually prefer this compared to my home though I wondered what happened after my death." He frowned as he thought about his home.

'"Hmm? Seems like those three are following me." *Mischief smiles* "how about a little fun."

"Are you sure he can't see us?" "Yes I am sure Sweetie." "But he heard that timberwolf." "He will hear us if you two don't stop talking"

The three continued to follow him through the whole town and saw him went around the corner of a building and followed him around it.

*Jaw drops* "Where did he go?! You two saw him went this way right?" asked Scootaloo causing the other two to shake their head's yes.

"Are sure he went this way?' "Yes Sweetie!" "But I didn't say that."

The three blinked their eye's looked at each other and slowly turned around to see Zin eye smiling while hand waving. "What's up?"

  The three had their jaws wide open. "But..you how huh?"

"So why were you three following me around hmm?"

"Well we were trying to see if we can get our cutie mark's from trying be stealthy but we can tell it's not going to happen. It seems no matter how hard we try we just fail." Applebloom spoke as the three put their head's down.

Zin looked at them as he begun to think.

                          *Flashback*

There was two figures seen sparing with each other. The first was a kid that was Zin when he was eight. The other person was his adopted father Hanzo. Zin ducked Hanzo fist only to get kneed in the face then was uppercut which sent him backward landing on his back.

"Is this the best you can do? I'm disappointed in you."

Zin rose to his feet and went threw hand sign's and stopped on the final sign.

"Water style; Water Dragon Jutsu!" The water took form of a dragon that handed for Hanzo but only to fall to pieces.

"You call that jutsu?!" Hanzo shouted as he went through the same hand signs and had a dragon of water to hit Zin causing him to get slammed into the tree behind him. Once the water dispersed Zin fell down to his stomach. A shadow fell over Zin which caused him to look and see his father looking down with disappointed eye's.

" I thought you were stronger then this but I see that you are not. You give up easily which is why you will never mount to nothing.You lack conviction's" Hanzo spoke and turned to walk over to his bodyguards to leave.

Zin lay there thinking about what his father said as he see's a bodyguard walk toward him and he knew no more.

Zin awoke in his bed and sat up.

"I give up to easy?...then I must train harder!" as his were full of determination.

Zin had begun to train harder then he ever did. He was able to master the water clone and substitution jutsu but could not master the water dragon fully.

Hanzo sat behind his desk filling out paper work and was surrounded bye his elite guard's that were on watch. He heard a bang on his door and looked up to see his son.

"What do you want boy?" who response was to throw a kunai only for Hanzo to catch it. "I see."

*Hanzo goes through hand signs* "SHUNSHIN NO JUTSU."

The two flickered out of existence causing the two end back up at the place they usually spar.

"Do try to make this fight last longer this time."

Zin response was to make two water clone's without hand sign's. "Is that supposed to impress me boy?"

All the Zin's ran at Hanzo who just stood there.

One clone swung at his face which Hanzo caught with his right hand, while another clone swung it's right fist at him which Hanzo caught with his other fist. The third one one swung it's right leg at Hanzo midsection which he raised his right leg and blocked it.

"Pitiful." Hanzo spoke as he pushed them back then swung his leg at the right one which connected and caused it to disperse in water. He then swung his both his fist's which hit the other two causing them to disperse. He then jumped backward's as a hand popped out of the water.

"I see you mastered the Water Release: Hiding in Water Technique." As Zin body fully came out of the water.

Hanzo looked and saw him panting. "He must of been training a little before he challenged me."

"Damn. I have to try that jutsu but I have no chakra left." as he thought he remembered his father's word's.

  "You give up easily which is why you will never mount to nothing. You lack conviction's."

Zin went through the hand sign's and landed on the last one.

"Boy, you are out of chakra and you can't use that jutsu so why bother?"

Zin stayed there on the hand sign trying to make it work and draw his chakra. Hanzo just shook his head.

"I...WILL.....NOT...FAIL!" Zin shouted in his mind.

"WATER STYLE: WATER DRAGON JUTSU!" The water begun to form not one but three dragon's which headed towards Hanzo who had wide eye's.

"He had no chakra yet is able to form a jutsu?" as the dragon's hit where Hanzo was standing.

Zin stood there panting. "I did it." and passed out to fall on the ground only for his father to catch him.

"....humph well done son."

                                  *Flashback end's*

Zin shook his head to clear his mind and looked back at the three and walked toward them and took a knee in front of them while putting a hand on Applebloom head causing them to look at him.

"You three are young. You still have your life's ahead of you." Zin eye smiled. "As long as you never give up, you three will discover your talent's but don't give up ok."

The three smiled at him and spoke at the same time "Ok! Though we wondering if you would help us with something."

"What can I help you three with?" The three just smiled which was one of mischief. "What are you three planning?"

They answered with the same smile "Nothing."

Zin just sweat drop when he saw what appeared to be halo's around their head's.

                 *Later*

"I knew I should of said no." Zin thought as the Cutie Mark Crusader's continued to put on necklaces made from flowers on him.

"They even made me weir a hat." *sighs* "What would everyone think of me?Those three are dangerous with those puppy eye's though. *chuckles* forbidden style: puppy dog eye's."

"And done!" they shouted.

Sweetie Belle handed him a mirror that showed him with a least a dozen necklaces around his neck, arms, and his waist along with a pink hat on his head.

"Yay Cutie Mark Crusader's designer's!" the three shouted as they checked to see if their had their cutie marks but discovered they didn't have any.

"umm you three do know designer's make clothes right?" Zin asked causing the three to get teary eye's. "But you three did really good though." causing them to smile.

"Hey Zin! I need to....." Rainbow had appeared to talk to Zin but show how he looked.

"NOT....ONE...WORD." Zin spoke as Rainbow was trying to hold her laugh in but failed and fell on her back.

"BUHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"Yea yea let's laugh at the stranger." as he took off the stuff but looked and saw the other element's beside Pinkie.

Applejack spoke with  smug smile "Nice hat pardner."

"Darling if I knew you liked to dress up I would of invited you." "No" Zin interrupted. "Never....ever....again."

*chuckling* "Anyway let's go to the library we have something to show you." Twilight said which caused Zin to give her a what are you up to look to which she just smiled at him.

Zin shrugged his shoulders. "Lead the way then."

As the group walked closer to the library Zin noticed that the town seemed to be empty almost like a ghost town. Twilight opened the library and she along with the others walked in.

"Why is the town deserted......why did they not turn on the light's?" "SURPRISE!"

Zin blinked and saw the lights turn on and everyone that was missing from the town was in the library.

"WERE YOU SURPRISED HUH HUH?!" Pinkie was in front of Zin jumping up and down causing him to chuckle.

"It was indeed surprising."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's get this party started!" Rainbow shouted.

As everyone began to dance Zin walked over to the drinks and poured him some in a cup. he also saw Spike looking at Rarity but every time she looked at him he looked away.

"Hmm seems the boy has a crush. I wonder if I could try to help him. *Sweat drop* It also seems everyone is looking to see what I look like underneath this mask."

Sure enough everyone was looking at him though they tried to make it loo like they weren't looking at him.

*Mischief smile* "Let's see about this."

Everyone just looked at him *burp*

"Excuse me." that caused everyone to face fault causing him to chuckle.

"I see you not only a new species but a joker as well." A familiar voice spoke behind him causing him to turn around to see Zecora.

"Zecora!" Applebloom yelled as she hugged Zecora who returned it.

"It's good to see you Young Applebloom." as Zecora let her go.

"I see those books on speech have been helping you Zecora." Twilight had walked over.

"It has. Though I think this fool need's new ways of knowing how to play pranks."

"Hey I am good at...o who am I kidding." pouted Zin as the others just laughed.

"Why do you still weir that mask warrior." "Hmm makes me look cool. *chuckles* But I'll tell you someday why I do."

"Very well, I hold you to that promise."

The party lasted all the way to night. Ponies begun to leave with only Zecora, Zin, Spike, The Cutie Mark Crusader's and the element's were left.

"It was fun but I have to leave now." Zecora announced.

"Aw come on Zecora stay a little longer."

Twilight was taking a sip of her drink when her eyes got that I have a idea look.

"How about a sleep over party." causing everyone to scream yes though Pinkie seemed a lot more excited about another party.  Zecora still looked conflicted about leaving to her home and Zin just looked confused.

"What's a sleep over?"

*gasp*"You never been to a sleep over?" Pinkie questioned only for Zin to shake his head yes. The girl's grew smiles as they looked at him.

"Umm why are you looking at me ahh!" only for them to grab him.

Applebloom and her friends gave Zecora the puppy dog eye's trying to get her to stay till she said yes.

The group had made a circle around the center of the room. Going in clockwise we had Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Zin, Zecora, Rarity, Spike, and Pinkie. The Cutie Mark Crusaders had fallen asleep and were put upstairs. They all had on their pajamas while laying down on their sleeping bags except Zin who lay in the floor refusing a blanket from Twilight. Applejack and Rainbow were playfully fighting over chips and Pinkie was cheering them on.

"So this is a sleep over?" Questioned Zin.

"Yes but we are going to play a game called truth or dare." Applejack and Rainbow had finally stopped fighting over the chips.

"Truth or dare?"

"Its game where you spin a bottle. The player  starts the game by spins the bottle first asks the person who it landed on Truth or Dare? The person then has to chose one.  If the player chooses "truth", then the first player poses a question which they must answer truthfully. If dared they have to do what the person to do."

Rainbow was the first to grab the bottle and spun it. It then landed on Zin.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Hmm truth."

"Have you ever kissed a mare?" Rainbow asked which caused Zin to blush and the girls to giggle.

"No." "Really?"

Zin reply was to grab the bottle and spin it which landed on Applejack.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Truth."

"Is it true you have a crush on someo....somepony?"

Applejack eye's wondered over to Rainbow but no one noticed it but Zin did.

"I knew it."

"Yes."  "O o o who is it it?"

Applejack just spun the bottle.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Hmm dare!"

"I dare you to let Rarity to do you hair." spoke Applejack with a smirk causing Rainbow to have a look of horror on her face while Rarity had a look of glee.

"Grrr...*sigh* fine then." Zin saw Rarity pull Rainbow with her magic into a room and locked the door.

"OhthislikethatonetimeI *umphh* Pinkie had begun to speak only for Applejack to stick her hand in her mouth.

Zin just kept looking at her with a bewildered look at how she kept talking without needing air.

"How does she do that?"

"Trust me Zin it's better at not trying to figure her out. it will just leave you with a headache." Twilight spoke.

Zin went to say something only to hear a voice behind him. "Want cake?" Everyone looked and saw that it was Pinkie behind him.

"......" "What silly."

"Forget it."

The group heard the door open and looked to see Rarity walk through the door with a smile. Behind her Rainbow walked in causing everyone to have their jaws drop. Her hair was braided into a ponytail.

"Wow you look amazing parder." Applejack spoke with a blush on her face. The others agreed with her. Rainbow blushed but shook her head and began to unfasten the braids letting her hair down causing Rarity to frown. Zin chuckled causing Rainbow to glare at Zin who just shrugged his shoulders

Rainbow grabbed the bottle and spun it causing it to land on Zecora.

"Truth or dare?"

Zecora sat there thinking then spoke "Dare."

"Hmm Rainbow grew a evil smirk at Zin who sweated.

"Why is she looking at me like that?" He thought.

"I dare you.......to kiss give Zin on his cheek."

Everyone sat there then slowly looked at Zin with smirks except Zecora who's facial expression showed nothing.

"Hey that's not really fair. You making a friend kissing someone. I know it's a game but she is probably waiting" Zin stopped when he felt a pair of lips on his right cheek causing him to blush.

Zecora pulled back and smiled at him.

"Aww I think you broke him." Zin shook his head.

Zecora grabbed the bottle and spun it which landed on Fluttershy.

"Truth or dare?"

"truth if you please."

"Do you have a crush on someone?" causing her to go red in the face but she shook her head yes.

"What about you ,Twilight?" asked Spike causing her to blush.

The rest of night went on like this. The game had been discarded to only question which were embarrassing but fun.

    *In the morning*

The Cutie Mark Crusader's who were asleep had woken up and walked downstairs to see their sister's and friends asleep.

Spike and Rarity were asleep cuddling as well as Rainbow and Applejack. Zecora was asleep on the couch with Fluttershy on the other end. Twilight was sprawled over the two groups. Zin was away from them about ten feet.

"Don't they look cute." Appleblom spoke causing the other two to giggle but lowly as not to wake them up.

"Hey why don't we take off Zin mask?" Scootaloo asked causing the other two to look at her in shock.

"Scoot are you trying to get us into trouble?" "But maybe we will get our cutie marks."

The  three grew smiles then spoke "Cutie Mark Crusader's unmask yay."

They then slowly walked closer to Zin until they were in front of Zin who turned over on his back and was looking up at them.

The three let out a breathe of air and Scootaloo reached for his mask and grasped it. She waited for what seemed like a a minute then pulled up.