Empress's New Groove
All Emperor's New Groove stuff belongs to Disney . . . yada, yada, yada. Tetzu's mine - don't use her without my permission or she'll turn you into a frog. :)
A woman dressed in royal robes entered the throne room, glancing around cautiously. Looking to make sure she was alone, she quietly lowered herself into the Emperor's throne. However, no sooner had she sat down, than a rotten egg collided with the top of her head, followed by snickering from above.
"Kuzco!" the young woman shrieked. Her head snapped up and she glared at the Emperor. He was sitting on the top of the massive throne, grinning from ear to ear.
"Good morning, Tetzu," he smirked.
Tetzu wiped the smelly goo from her head and stood. After giving him another good glare, she picked up a pillow from his throne and chucked it at him. It hit him in the face, knocking him backwards, off the throne.
Kuzco landed on the floor with a loud, "Oooof." There was a short pause and then the Emperor started to whine. "Owwww! No touchie."
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KUZCO: Hold it! I know what you're thinking - no, Tetzu's not my sister. She's something much worse. She's my wife. Yeah, I know. "Ewww," right? Hey, it's not like I had a choice. Remember how before that whole llama incident I was supposed to choose a bride? Well, the 'thing that never shuts up' came back and made me choose. I'll never trust 'Ennie-meenie-miney-mo' again. Look what it got me stuck with - a bratty little Empress. It's an interesting story how it all happened. So sit back, relax, grab some popcorn and listen how I got into this mess.
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A young girl dressed in a purple pancho squinted at the label of a glass vile she held in her hand. Seeing it was the one she had been looking for, the she poured a drop of it into another vile that was filled with a bluish liquid. The girl pulled out a bird from the birdcage sitting on the table in front of her and forced it to drink a drop of the potion she had just mixed. The bird disappeared in a puff of smoke and in its place stood a monkey.
"I'm getting closer, grandma," the girl called into the darkness behind her.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Tetzu?" A white cat stalked over to the girl. "Don't call me grandma. It makes me sound so . . . old." The cat shuddered.
Tetzu sighed. "I'm sorry, Yzma."
The former advisor eyed the monkey that had been a bird moments before. "Yes, you are making progress, child. Keep working at it. I have confidence that you will find the right formula soon, and then I'll be able to become human again."
"And take your revenge on Kuzco," Tetzu recited. She brushed a strand of her black hair away from her face. "This revenge thing is taking an awfully long time. It's all ready been a year since the llama incident."
"And a year that I've been stuck in this humiliating cat body," Yzma hissed, pounding one of her forepaws on the ground. "But I'll be human again soon, and then Kuzco will be dead."
Tetzu set down the vial that she was holding and glanced at the door. "We're getting low on several of the ingredients that I'll need to keep working on that human potion. I'm going to go out and see if I can find some."
The white cat nodded as her granddaughter picked up a small basket in the corner. "See that you hurry back. I want you working on that potion again as soon as possible!" Flicking her tail in the air, Yzma turned and scampered back into the shadows of the small room.
Letting the pleasant smile fade from her face, Tetzu smirked in the direction Yzma had gone. "Yes, grandmother, I'll have you turned into a human in no time. Then once you get rid of Emperor Kuzco and take over the throne, I'll be next in line." She chuckled. "It shouldn't be too hard to poison you as well and take the throne from you." Her purple pancho flapped in the gentle breeze as she opened the door to go outside. "Empress Teztu. I like the sound of that." Her laughter echoed throughout the room until she shut the door behind her.
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"What?!" Kuzco's voice resounded loudly.
Yzma quietly inched closer so she could hear the young Emperor's conversation with the advisor. Finding a suitable place in the shadows beside the throne, she crouched down and peered over at the two people.
"I'm sorry, Emperor Kuzco, but a law is a law," the advisor was saying.
"Well, I'm in charge here, and I say we do away with that law."
"You can't do that, sire. If you were to change it, it would not go into effect until your children were the rulers."
The Emperor folded his arms across his chest and appeared to pout.
"There is no way around it. You must choose a bride before your next birthday, or I will have to choose one for you."
"But my birthday is in two days!" Kuzco protested.
The advisor did not seem to care. "You must choose that before that night, your highness."
Letting out a growl of frustration, the Emperor stalked out of the throne room with the advisor close behind.
Yzma grinned. "This is purrrrfect." Her tail twitched as a plan started forming in her head. Glancing around to make sure no one was watching, she scampered out of the room. She reached her "new" secret lab and made her way outside to track down her granddaughter. "Tetzu?" she called breathlessly. "Tetzu!"
The girl, who had been pulling up a purple blossom, looked up from her work. "Yes?"
The white cat scrambled up beside her and motioned for Tetzu to follow her back to the lab. "The perfect opportunity has presented itself. We have to act quickly."
Tetzu nodded and followed the cat's lead. "You have a plan?"
"Yes, and they involve you becoming Empress." As they entered the lab,Yzma glanced back and smirked at the stunned expression on her granddaughter's face.
"Empress?"
"Kuzco is being forced to pick a bride before his next birthday, which is in two days. We will make sure he picks you." Yzma turned her attention to the many potions displayed in the cabinet on the lab wall as she continued to explain. "After he trusts you, you will poison him and take control of the kingdom." She paused to smirk at Tetzu. "And you will make me your advisor of course."
"Of course." Tetzu nodded her approval. "It's a perfect plan, but how do we make sure the Emperor chooses me for a bride?"
"Just leave that to me, dear" Yzma purred. "You just go get yourself cleaned up."
All Emperor's New Groove stuff belongs to Disney . . . yada, yada, yada. Tetzu's mine - don't use her without my permission or she'll turn you into a frog. :)
A woman dressed in royal robes entered the throne room, glancing around cautiously. Looking to make sure she was alone, she quietly lowered herself into the Emperor's throne. However, no sooner had she sat down, than a rotten egg collided with the top of her head, followed by snickering from above.
"Kuzco!" the young woman shrieked. Her head snapped up and she glared at the Emperor. He was sitting on the top of the massive throne, grinning from ear to ear.
"Good morning, Tetzu," he smirked.
Tetzu wiped the smelly goo from her head and stood. After giving him another good glare, she picked up a pillow from his throne and chucked it at him. It hit him in the face, knocking him backwards, off the throne.
Kuzco landed on the floor with a loud, "Oooof." There was a short pause and then the Emperor started to whine. "Owwww! No touchie."
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KUZCO: Hold it! I know what you're thinking - no, Tetzu's not my sister. She's something much worse. She's my wife. Yeah, I know. "Ewww," right? Hey, it's not like I had a choice. Remember how before that whole llama incident I was supposed to choose a bride? Well, the 'thing that never shuts up' came back and made me choose. I'll never trust 'Ennie-meenie-miney-mo' again. Look what it got me stuck with - a bratty little Empress. It's an interesting story how it all happened. So sit back, relax, grab some popcorn and listen how I got into this mess.
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A young girl dressed in a purple pancho squinted at the label of a glass vile she held in her hand. Seeing it was the one she had been looking for, the she poured a drop of it into another vile that was filled with a bluish liquid. The girl pulled out a bird from the birdcage sitting on the table in front of her and forced it to drink a drop of the potion she had just mixed. The bird disappeared in a puff of smoke and in its place stood a monkey.
"I'm getting closer, grandma," the girl called into the darkness behind her.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Tetzu?" A white cat stalked over to the girl. "Don't call me grandma. It makes me sound so . . . old." The cat shuddered.
Tetzu sighed. "I'm sorry, Yzma."
The former advisor eyed the monkey that had been a bird moments before. "Yes, you are making progress, child. Keep working at it. I have confidence that you will find the right formula soon, and then I'll be able to become human again."
"And take your revenge on Kuzco," Tetzu recited. She brushed a strand of her black hair away from her face. "This revenge thing is taking an awfully long time. It's all ready been a year since the llama incident."
"And a year that I've been stuck in this humiliating cat body," Yzma hissed, pounding one of her forepaws on the ground. "But I'll be human again soon, and then Kuzco will be dead."
Tetzu set down the vial that she was holding and glanced at the door. "We're getting low on several of the ingredients that I'll need to keep working on that human potion. I'm going to go out and see if I can find some."
The white cat nodded as her granddaughter picked up a small basket in the corner. "See that you hurry back. I want you working on that potion again as soon as possible!" Flicking her tail in the air, Yzma turned and scampered back into the shadows of the small room.
Letting the pleasant smile fade from her face, Tetzu smirked in the direction Yzma had gone. "Yes, grandmother, I'll have you turned into a human in no time. Then once you get rid of Emperor Kuzco and take over the throne, I'll be next in line." She chuckled. "It shouldn't be too hard to poison you as well and take the throne from you." Her purple pancho flapped in the gentle breeze as she opened the door to go outside. "Empress Teztu. I like the sound of that." Her laughter echoed throughout the room until she shut the door behind her.
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"What?!" Kuzco's voice resounded loudly.
Yzma quietly inched closer so she could hear the young Emperor's conversation with the advisor. Finding a suitable place in the shadows beside the throne, she crouched down and peered over at the two people.
"I'm sorry, Emperor Kuzco, but a law is a law," the advisor was saying.
"Well, I'm in charge here, and I say we do away with that law."
"You can't do that, sire. If you were to change it, it would not go into effect until your children were the rulers."
The Emperor folded his arms across his chest and appeared to pout.
"There is no way around it. You must choose a bride before your next birthday, or I will have to choose one for you."
"But my birthday is in two days!" Kuzco protested.
The advisor did not seem to care. "You must choose that before that night, your highness."
Letting out a growl of frustration, the Emperor stalked out of the throne room with the advisor close behind.
Yzma grinned. "This is purrrrfect." Her tail twitched as a plan started forming in her head. Glancing around to make sure no one was watching, she scampered out of the room. She reached her "new" secret lab and made her way outside to track down her granddaughter. "Tetzu?" she called breathlessly. "Tetzu!"
The girl, who had been pulling up a purple blossom, looked up from her work. "Yes?"
The white cat scrambled up beside her and motioned for Tetzu to follow her back to the lab. "The perfect opportunity has presented itself. We have to act quickly."
Tetzu nodded and followed the cat's lead. "You have a plan?"
"Yes, and they involve you becoming Empress." As they entered the lab,Yzma glanced back and smirked at the stunned expression on her granddaughter's face.
"Empress?"
"Kuzco is being forced to pick a bride before his next birthday, which is in two days. We will make sure he picks you." Yzma turned her attention to the many potions displayed in the cabinet on the lab wall as she continued to explain. "After he trusts you, you will poison him and take control of the kingdom." She paused to smirk at Tetzu. "And you will make me your advisor of course."
"Of course." Tetzu nodded her approval. "It's a perfect plan, but how do we make sure the Emperor chooses me for a bride?"
"Just leave that to me, dear" Yzma purred. "You just go get yourself cleaned up."
