A Confession, a Showdown, and a Proposal
"How did this happen?" Kuzco asked Idalia. They were in his chambers with the door closed in order to keep the amorous Bucky out.
"Yzma! She's free and human again!"
"Yzma!"
"Yes and-"
"Whoa! whoa! Time-out! How did Yzma get out in the first place?"
Idalia's face fell and she avoided Kuzco's eyes. The emperor's heart sank.
"Idalia," he said quietly while leaning closer to her from his sitting position, " . . how did Yzma get out? . ."
" . . I smuggled her out in my cloak," Idalia said in a voice close to trembling.
Kuzco sat back in his chair and stared at her with a stunned expression.
"Idalia . ." he began, his voice quiet with disbelief.
Suddenly the two heard Kronk's voice outside.
"Oh, hey, Yzma! Long time no see . . . wait a second . . you're supposed to be a cat and locked up! I'm afraid I'll have to take you in-"
Then Yzma's none too pleasant voice was heard.
"Shut-up, you great buffoon! Do you want me to be caught?"
"Well, actually-"
"Never-mind, just get out of my way!"
"Ah . . I'm afraid I can't do that-" All of a sudden Kronk's deep voice dissolved into ape-like grunts. The door to Kuzco's chambers burst open.
"Hello, your majesty," Yzma purred, showing all her teeth, "it's been a long time."
"Not long enough," Kuzco growled.
Yzma threw her head back and laughed. "Do you think you can stop me this time?"
Idalia suddenly rushed at Yzma and bit her ankle. Yzma howled in pain and threw the vile she had in her hand into the air. The vile was uncorked and the contents spilled all over Yzma.
A cloud of pink smoke surrounded the old creature. When it dissapated all that was left was a scrawny hen.
"BUCKKAW-I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS IDALIA IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"
Then Yzma-hen sprinted out the door.
Kuzco ran after her with Idalia scampering behind.
Suddenly a gorilla jumped out of nowhere and grabbed the Yzma-hen.
"Hi there, Emperor Kuzco!"
"Kronk!" Kuzco exclaimed.
Just then Yzma-hen pecked at Kronk's arm with her sharp beak.
"YOW!" Kronk dropped Yzma-hen to clutch his arm.
Yzma-hen scurried off.
Kuzco and Idalia caught up with her just in time to see her jump up and tug on the lever to her lab with her beak. The platform opened and Yzma screamed when she realized it was the wrong lever, which, instead of her lab, sent her to the alligators, with their mouths ready and open, below.
"Here," said Kuzco handing Idalia the left-overs of the human potion Yzma had her make. Idalia gratefully drank it down. A pink puff of smoke surrounded her and left to reveal her regular self.
Idalia felt her arms and face with a sigh of relief. "Oh! It's so great to be back to normal!" Then her face fell when she saw the hurt expression on Kuzco's face.
"Your majesty-"
Kuzco waved a hand and cut her off. "No, no, . . . just forget it," he walked off down the hall.
"Where 'you going, Emperor Kuzco?" Kronk asked.
"I'm going to the tuneless hilltop."
"So, she helped free Yzma to spite you?" Pacha asked while Chicha laid two cups of tea on the table for them.
"Yeah," Kuzco said absently; running his finger around the lip of the cup.
Kuzco had reached Pacha and Chicha's house the night before and that morning was discussing part of the reason for his visit. He needed advice.
"Did she apoligize afterwards?" Chicha asked, taking a seat next to her husband.
"Well, she was about to say something . . but I cut her off, and just walked away," Kuzco admitted with an ashamed countenance.
"Way to go, Kuzco!" cried Pacha, "you walked away like a man, don't let her have hold of the situation!"
Chicha frowned at her husband.
"Uh . . I mean . . that was wrong, Kuzco!" Pacha stammered quickly.
"What?"
"You should have at least heard her out," Chicha said, "take it from me, your highness, women can get the wrong ideas about people, just like men and jump to conclusions. If you just take the time to talk it out with her, I'm sure you'll reach a friendly understanding."
"Do you think so?" Kuzco asked with a small smile.
"I know so," Chicha replied, smiling at Pacha.
Suddenly Chacha burst in. "Mom, Mom!"
"What, honey?"
"My tooth came out!"
"That's great, sweetheart! Where is it?"
Chacha looked at the ground and moved her foot around on it. "I accidently swallowed it."
Kuzco laughed as did Pacha and Chicha.
"That's okay, sweetie," Pacha said lifting his daughter into his lap. "A lot more teeth are going to come out soon, so you can practice not swallowing them."
"Really, Dad?"
"Really."
Suddenly Tipo burst into the room. "Dad, Mom! There's a girl outside!"
Kuzco slowy rose to his feet as Pacha and Chicha went to the door.
Outside was Idalia riding up the hill, toward the house, on an Alpaca with Kronk accompanying her.
"Thanks for coming with me Kronk," she said smiling fondly at the handsome, burly, and amazingly stupid, sweet guy.
"Oh, no problem there, Idalia, I need to finish that game of jump-rope with Pacha's kids, I still have ninety-eight monkeys left."
Tipo and Chacha ran out to Kronk, squealing with delight. They then retired to the back yard where they proceeded with their game of jump-rope.
"Ninety-eight monkeys jumpin' on a bed . ."
" . . One fell off and bumped his head . . ."
Pacha turned to Kuzco and whispered, "is that her?"
Kuzco didn't answer, he was too busy staring at Idalia.
"Yep," Pacha said to himself, "I guess that's her." Pacha moved forward to greet Idalia, but Chicha beat him to it.
"Hi," she said with a big welcoming smile, "welcome. I'm assuming you're here to talk to Kuzco."
"Yes," Idalia replied, blushing, averting her eyes to the ground.
"Kuzco!" Chicha called.
Pacha glanced over his shoulder, to see Kuzco standing behind him, shaking his head and signaling with hands to tell Idalia that he was not here.
"Come on, Kuzco." Pacha gently nudged him out the door.
"Kuzco," Idalia said quietly, with her hands clasped, and avoiding to meet his gaze, "could I talk to you?"
" . . Sure," he said trying to shrug, non-chalantly, while his heart was beating a mile a minute."
A few minutes later they were in alone in the parlor . . .
"I'm terribly sorry for helping Yzma. I didn't know her, I thought she was my friend and you my enemy. The way you acted the last time I saw you made me think that Yzma saying you had turned her into a cat in the first place, was right. Now, I know better."
Kuzco smiled then moved toward her.
"I'm sorry for the way I acted the first time I met you. Really, your hair is very pretty, I don't hate it at all."
Idalia blushed and looked at her hands.
Kuzco put a finger under her chin and lifted her face. He looked into her eyes. Idalia's heart quickened and her mouth went dry.
"Will you be my bride?" He asked softly.
Idalia smiled as tears of happiness rose.
"Yes!"
Kuzco lifted her lips to his and kissed her.
Pacha and Chicha smiled and held each other while they stood a few feet away from the doorway to the parlor.
Tipo and Chacha, on the other hand, had finished their game and witnessed it reacted with: "Ew!" and "Gross!"
"Aw," Kronk said, wiping away a sentimental tear, "I love happy endings!"
"And They Lived Happily Ever After"
THE END!!!!!!
"How did this happen?" Kuzco asked Idalia. They were in his chambers with the door closed in order to keep the amorous Bucky out.
"Yzma! She's free and human again!"
"Yzma!"
"Yes and-"
"Whoa! whoa! Time-out! How did Yzma get out in the first place?"
Idalia's face fell and she avoided Kuzco's eyes. The emperor's heart sank.
"Idalia," he said quietly while leaning closer to her from his sitting position, " . . how did Yzma get out? . ."
" . . I smuggled her out in my cloak," Idalia said in a voice close to trembling.
Kuzco sat back in his chair and stared at her with a stunned expression.
"Idalia . ." he began, his voice quiet with disbelief.
Suddenly the two heard Kronk's voice outside.
"Oh, hey, Yzma! Long time no see . . . wait a second . . you're supposed to be a cat and locked up! I'm afraid I'll have to take you in-"
Then Yzma's none too pleasant voice was heard.
"Shut-up, you great buffoon! Do you want me to be caught?"
"Well, actually-"
"Never-mind, just get out of my way!"
"Ah . . I'm afraid I can't do that-" All of a sudden Kronk's deep voice dissolved into ape-like grunts. The door to Kuzco's chambers burst open.
"Hello, your majesty," Yzma purred, showing all her teeth, "it's been a long time."
"Not long enough," Kuzco growled.
Yzma threw her head back and laughed. "Do you think you can stop me this time?"
Idalia suddenly rushed at Yzma and bit her ankle. Yzma howled in pain and threw the vile she had in her hand into the air. The vile was uncorked and the contents spilled all over Yzma.
A cloud of pink smoke surrounded the old creature. When it dissapated all that was left was a scrawny hen.
"BUCKKAW-I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS IDALIA IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"
Then Yzma-hen sprinted out the door.
Kuzco ran after her with Idalia scampering behind.
Suddenly a gorilla jumped out of nowhere and grabbed the Yzma-hen.
"Hi there, Emperor Kuzco!"
"Kronk!" Kuzco exclaimed.
Just then Yzma-hen pecked at Kronk's arm with her sharp beak.
"YOW!" Kronk dropped Yzma-hen to clutch his arm.
Yzma-hen scurried off.
Kuzco and Idalia caught up with her just in time to see her jump up and tug on the lever to her lab with her beak. The platform opened and Yzma screamed when she realized it was the wrong lever, which, instead of her lab, sent her to the alligators, with their mouths ready and open, below.
"Here," said Kuzco handing Idalia the left-overs of the human potion Yzma had her make. Idalia gratefully drank it down. A pink puff of smoke surrounded her and left to reveal her regular self.
Idalia felt her arms and face with a sigh of relief. "Oh! It's so great to be back to normal!" Then her face fell when she saw the hurt expression on Kuzco's face.
"Your majesty-"
Kuzco waved a hand and cut her off. "No, no, . . . just forget it," he walked off down the hall.
"Where 'you going, Emperor Kuzco?" Kronk asked.
"I'm going to the tuneless hilltop."
"So, she helped free Yzma to spite you?" Pacha asked while Chicha laid two cups of tea on the table for them.
"Yeah," Kuzco said absently; running his finger around the lip of the cup.
Kuzco had reached Pacha and Chicha's house the night before and that morning was discussing part of the reason for his visit. He needed advice.
"Did she apoligize afterwards?" Chicha asked, taking a seat next to her husband.
"Well, she was about to say something . . but I cut her off, and just walked away," Kuzco admitted with an ashamed countenance.
"Way to go, Kuzco!" cried Pacha, "you walked away like a man, don't let her have hold of the situation!"
Chicha frowned at her husband.
"Uh . . I mean . . that was wrong, Kuzco!" Pacha stammered quickly.
"What?"
"You should have at least heard her out," Chicha said, "take it from me, your highness, women can get the wrong ideas about people, just like men and jump to conclusions. If you just take the time to talk it out with her, I'm sure you'll reach a friendly understanding."
"Do you think so?" Kuzco asked with a small smile.
"I know so," Chicha replied, smiling at Pacha.
Suddenly Chacha burst in. "Mom, Mom!"
"What, honey?"
"My tooth came out!"
"That's great, sweetheart! Where is it?"
Chacha looked at the ground and moved her foot around on it. "I accidently swallowed it."
Kuzco laughed as did Pacha and Chicha.
"That's okay, sweetie," Pacha said lifting his daughter into his lap. "A lot more teeth are going to come out soon, so you can practice not swallowing them."
"Really, Dad?"
"Really."
Suddenly Tipo burst into the room. "Dad, Mom! There's a girl outside!"
Kuzco slowy rose to his feet as Pacha and Chicha went to the door.
Outside was Idalia riding up the hill, toward the house, on an Alpaca with Kronk accompanying her.
"Thanks for coming with me Kronk," she said smiling fondly at the handsome, burly, and amazingly stupid, sweet guy.
"Oh, no problem there, Idalia, I need to finish that game of jump-rope with Pacha's kids, I still have ninety-eight monkeys left."
Tipo and Chacha ran out to Kronk, squealing with delight. They then retired to the back yard where they proceeded with their game of jump-rope.
"Ninety-eight monkeys jumpin' on a bed . ."
" . . One fell off and bumped his head . . ."
Pacha turned to Kuzco and whispered, "is that her?"
Kuzco didn't answer, he was too busy staring at Idalia.
"Yep," Pacha said to himself, "I guess that's her." Pacha moved forward to greet Idalia, but Chicha beat him to it.
"Hi," she said with a big welcoming smile, "welcome. I'm assuming you're here to talk to Kuzco."
"Yes," Idalia replied, blushing, averting her eyes to the ground.
"Kuzco!" Chicha called.
Pacha glanced over his shoulder, to see Kuzco standing behind him, shaking his head and signaling with hands to tell Idalia that he was not here.
"Come on, Kuzco." Pacha gently nudged him out the door.
"Kuzco," Idalia said quietly, with her hands clasped, and avoiding to meet his gaze, "could I talk to you?"
" . . Sure," he said trying to shrug, non-chalantly, while his heart was beating a mile a minute."
A few minutes later they were in alone in the parlor . . .
"I'm terribly sorry for helping Yzma. I didn't know her, I thought she was my friend and you my enemy. The way you acted the last time I saw you made me think that Yzma saying you had turned her into a cat in the first place, was right. Now, I know better."
Kuzco smiled then moved toward her.
"I'm sorry for the way I acted the first time I met you. Really, your hair is very pretty, I don't hate it at all."
Idalia blushed and looked at her hands.
Kuzco put a finger under her chin and lifted her face. He looked into her eyes. Idalia's heart quickened and her mouth went dry.
"Will you be my bride?" He asked softly.
Idalia smiled as tears of happiness rose.
"Yes!"
Kuzco lifted her lips to his and kissed her.
Pacha and Chicha smiled and held each other while they stood a few feet away from the doorway to the parlor.
Tipo and Chacha, on the other hand, had finished their game and witnessed it reacted with: "Ew!" and "Gross!"
"Aw," Kronk said, wiping away a sentimental tear, "I love happy endings!"
"And They Lived Happily Ever After"
THE END!!!!!!
