Author Notes/Disclaimer: This fan fiction is dedicated to Karma (username: Chasca) for being the one person that I talk about TENG with (even when it's not as popular) and because she was the one that inspired me to write this fan fiction.

This fan fiction is based on the original idea Disney had for the movie The Emperor's New Groove so the initial story and the title are copyrighted to Disney along with all the characters that made an appearance on the first movie (either be it deleted scenes or the ones in the movie). Thanks for reading I hope you enjoy this.

Kingdom in the Sun

Chapter 1

Summer Blues

"Grab your stuff and lets go back inside

Then remove the tune that's in your ride

But didn't we have a good time?" - Aaron Carter, Summertime.

The sun shone in the sky like a magical celestial orange, of course that we shouldn't be describing the sun as a celestial orange because at this time in Peru oranges were not yet introduced, we should compare it to something that was used in the every day lives of the civilization that lived in this area by the time period. The civilization's economy was sustained by the crop called potato so we should use potato to write a metaphor about the sun.

So the celestial potato shone bright.... On second thought a potato doesn't really look too much like the sun so it messes up the metaphor so let's call the celestial sphere by it's original name: the sun.

Actually, I was lying the sun wasn't even shining as strong as it was on normal days, some clouds seemed to be serving as curtains for it and a slight breeze signaled the end of yet another summer for the civilization of the Inca's.

A modest summer home stood on top of a hill that was surrounded by waterfalls and rivers. At the entrance of the summer home stood a lone thin figure watching how a carriage was filled with his stuff...it was time to go home.

Kuzco knew that summer wouldn't last forever, even if he was the Emperor and as such the son of Inti they were thing that he couldn't bother his father for. Besides, his father didn't really listened that much when the young Emperor looked up at the sky and asked for some French toast, it was usually his servants the ones that got it for him.

Still even if he knew that the summer could soon come to an end and that he could have to get back to his dear palace he had just wished that for some reason or the other he couldn't have to go there. It wasn't that he didn't like the palace, all the contrary he loved it; it was just that he knew what ordeal was waiting for him once he got back.

He was supposed to be married by now, in fact the Emperor knew that if it hadn't been due to recent events he could have been presented another line of Chosen Women so he could choose from them. So now it could be obvious that the royal council (just who had thought of having some people lower than the sun make the laws?) could make him choose a bride all so he could have to make a heir.

"All packed up?" A familiar voice made him turn around and see the face of the one person that had actually helped him when he was at his worse: Pacha. Pacha set his big hands on Kuzco's shoulders and the boy smiled slightly at him.

"Yes, just have to just...go down this hill and I'll be gone for the summer!"

Pacha nodded.

"You won't see me again...until next summer! You know...if you wanted me to give an eternal blessing to this village I could just move here..." Kuzco said, his voice sounding slightly hopeful as he turned and looked up to his big friends. Of course, not that the Emperor could admit that he actually wanted to live among...peasants!

"It could be quite a bothersome but you know I will do whatever my people want me to do!"

Pacha knew that Kuzco was sarcastic, and even in that last sentence he knew that the boy was being slightly sarcastic, however when Kuzco leaned against his summer home and let out a sight after running a hand through his shoulder length black hair the peasant was given another proof of how the Emperor had changed from before. Even if Kuzco's nice side seemed to only be present when alone with someone or when he wasn't wearing his usual higher than you robes.

"You don't want to go back to the palace?" Pacha asked as he tilted his head to a side.

"Who told you that!? I'm thrilled of going back to my palace!" Kuzco took a pause as if considering whether he could tell how frightened he was to Pacha in the end he decided that the big man had already seen him in his worst situation, after all what could be worse than being turned into a llama?

"It's just..." He moaned, "Pacha the royal council wants me to marry one of the hideous girls at the palace!" Kuzco said and shivered slightly at the thought of him having to have to wake up next to the sight of someone else in his bed.

"I'm sure they can't be that bad..."

"They are hideous! There's one that has this weird hair-do, another one that's as big as a cow, then there's one that has its nose too up, there's one that has messed up eyebrows, then..." Kuzco went on and on about all the defects of his possible brides.

The giggling of a young girl interrupted him, as Pacha's daughter, Chaca looked behind Kuzco and then behind his father. Then the girl walked into the shack, walking out and setting her hands on her hips.

"Chaca, what are you doing?" His father asked, as the girl started looking under a rock.

"Looking for Tipo! Have you seen him? We're playing hide and seek!"

"I'll have my servants look for him!" Kuzco said enthusiastically, pleased that he could maybe set his journey back to the palace one more day, after all that was how it had been for the past few days. The Emperor had so far fought off his moving back into the palace for around a week, sometimes saying that the sun was too bright for him to make such a long journey, others that it was about to rain he had even said once that there was a big pack of squirrels looking for revenge, which wasn't really the truth. The only squirrel that Kuzco had ever got mad was Bucky and the little squirrel seemed to have gotten over Kuzco's mistake rather quickly.

Now the excuse that Kuzco's servants could have to look for the boy seemed promising.

"Kuzco that's cheating." The voice of Pacha came and Kuzco looked over at him crossing his arms.

"It is not! You can use all of your available sources for finding the person! It's too bad for the person if you happen to have a group of servants that can help you!" He said as he walked to were Chaca was and grabbed her hands and started swinging her back and forth.

"Come on Chaca!" Kuzco said and started running down the hill with Chaca.

"Race you to the bottom!" Chaca said.

When they arrived at the bottom Kuzco celebrated with a Booya that he had won the small race and then looked up to see his llama pulled carriage that could take him back home. Usually the carriage that could take him from place to place when he was supposed to be doing an appearance in public could be very elaborated and could be carried by servants, but since it was such a long journey the golden carriage couldn't be taken out of the palace even if Kuzco couldn't have admitted it he also didn't wanted the servants to carry him for such long periods of time. The carriage that was waiting for him was a lot more modest, by Kuzco's standards it wasn't made of gold even though it had some details that had been bathed in gold. It was red and the insides seemed to all be cushioned, plus it had a little space in the back that included a place to carry his stuff, a bathroom, a pool and of course a kitchen with chef's and cooks.

"Your highness!" Were the first words that erupted from a servants mouth as the rest of the servants bowed their heads, Kuzco rolled his eyes, he was sure that he hadn't gotten to Pacha's house with so many servants, in fact he hadn't gotten here with any servants just Kronk and that was more on his free will than anything then how the heck had so many servants suddenly appeared out of nowhere?

Trying to get rid of these thoughts he waved his hands and ordered the servants to stand up.

"You seen the little munchkin that hangs around this other munchkin?"

"Hey! I'm not a munchkin!"

"Sure you are!" Kuzco said as he ruffled the girl's hair. "Anyways find said munchkin!"

"Sire.... We don't have enough time you have been ordered back at the palace immediately. The council says that they can't allow your absence any longer..."

Kuzco just rolled his eyes and started mocking the words of the servant, "Too bad for them! You have to find said munchkin!"

"Found him!" The voice of Kronk came in and Kuzco look over to see the muscular Kronk holding Tipo, who was wearing Pacha's hat. "I was going to make you something to eat for your trip your highness! When surprise I find an odd shape ingredient in the kitchen's ingredients basket of your summer home! I thought it was a odd ingredient but I didn't know that ingredients giggled...and he ran away when I tried to cook him...oh look!" Kronk said and pointed to a tree in which a long tailed pink bird was standing. Immediately he took out a little notepad and put a mark on it with a pencil.

"Pink long tailed Snorkak! Yet another one for this month's exotic bird bingo."

Kuzco stared at Kronk, with an eyebrow raised, how could Yzma have gotten such an idiot sidekick? Whoever picked the sidekicks in life really needed to be given a new job it seemed that all sidekicks had to be complete opposites! Skinny ones with the fat ones, the ugly with the beautiful if someone needed proof Kuzco could have easily showed them Pacha and him to proof both points (him being the skinny but cute one), and Yzma and Kronk (Kronk being the not skinny one and the...).

Kuzco shook his head from side to side, he needed to get over his habit of going off into thought while people talked to him, right now Kronk was telling him how he had mastered the way of cooking some sort of omelet while Kuzco was thinking about sidekicks and about how Kronk was cute! Well when compared to Yzma that was.

"Then I let it boiled for then minutes and added some salt and..." Kronk continued as Kuzco's eyelids seemed to be getting heavier by the second until Pacha patted Kuzco's back, making the Emperor stumble down on the floor.

"Pacha! You are fat! I'm perfection and as such you can't give me a shove without having me kiss the ground and bow to whoever is in front of me!"

"Ah! Emperor, you don't have to bow to me, the omelet is really simple. I'll give you the recipe."

Kuzco glared at Kronk and his servants walked over and picked him up...but started dragging him towards his carriage. "No! No touchy! You can't do this to me! Pacha!" Kuzco said as he extended his hand and was thrown inside the carriage. The servants closed the door of the carriage, locked it and then the carriage started moving.

"I'm the Emperor! I order you to stop! I'm still on vacation!" Kuzco whined but the servants had gotten earplugs for the long way back. "Pacha!!!"

"Uhm.... Have a nice trip?" Pacha said as he waved to the carriage as it took a sharp turn.

Kronk gasped when he realized that the carriage had already ran off, and grabbing his backpack he started to run after the carriage. "Your highness your snacks for the trip!" He yelled, as a little squirrel followed him.

"Remember the Junior Woodchunks Reunion next month!" Kronk yelled, as in the distance the yells of Kuzco could still be heard. Pacha smiled and shook his head, and to think that a couple of days ago he was actually fighting a llama who was really the Emperor.