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This story startsduring the timeKuzco starts living with Pacha and his family while attending "Kuzco Adcademy"...in my fic-land there is no Slash bewtween Kuzco and Pacha though ...inall my "KuzcoFics" Pachais a strong beliver in old fasion dicipline...(though no direct details are given) and is nothing more but a parental figure to Kuzco.

As always I dont own Kuzco, Pacha or anyone else it Kuzcotopia

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Family...yes that's definitely something I am not used to.

yeah I'm the prince of the whole kingdom...Don't really remember my parents...Don't know and don't care...they must have cared about me...of course they did, they made me prince right?

Kuzco fiddled with his two index fingers and then brought his knees up to his chest and looked up at the night sky that seemed to envelope him, wishing deep inside him that he could have know his parents...or that they would have cared enough about him to spend time with him instead of shoving him away to be taken care of by the royal sitters...he heard a sudden laughing behind him he turned his head to see Tipo and his sister chasing fireflies. A smile touched his face as he looked to see Pacha and his wife setting outside their small home having a private conversation and laughing together.

"Kuzco come catch fireflies with us!…it's really fun" Tipo said out of breath.

"Sorry kids time for bed" Pacha interrupted as he stood and stretched

"awww" came two voices in unison "cant we stay up just a little bit longer?"

"Sorry kids tomorrow's a school day, come on if you hurry I'll tell you a story."

"Yippee!" they cried forgetting their displeasure of going to bed. They then quickly tumbled up the stairs into the house laughing loudly trying to beat each other to the bedroom.

"That means you too Kuzco" Pacha called to a still emperor...you have school tomorrow too."

"Emperors don't have bed times." Kuzco said with a smug smile.

"Maybe they don't when they live at the palace, but they do when they live in the village." Kuzcos face dropped deadpan and grumbled at the jumped from his seat on a rock and slumped towards the house. Sometimes he hated his arrangement. If it wasn't for stupid Yzma he could be housed at the palace until his schooling was over.

"Do you have any homework tonight?" Pacha asked "Because if you need some help-"

"Nope...I'm all caught up." Kuzco lied as he crossed the threshold of the house.

"I see then I guess you wont mind me checking it then" Pacha said casually as he picked up Kuzcos backpack and opened it.

"NO! Wait I-" but before Kuzco could finish his back pack exploded with uncompleted scrolls marked F. the room was quickly flooded up to Pachas waist with Kuzco looking quite sheepish.

"Well maybe I still have a few assignments to go heh heh"

Pacha looked sternly at Kuzco for a moment then have a sigh..."come here Kuzco, there is something I want to show you." Pacha then waded through the papers to the back door with a confused Kuzco following behind him. just a ways from the house he stopped in front of a small building.

"Do you know what this building is called Kuzco"

"What? Oh I get it this some sort of country folk game called "guess the building" Kuzco gave a laugh...um is it a um no...Wait…I give up"

Pachas face didn't change "Its called a woodshed...its where we keep logs and wood until we need them to be burned...and its where consequences are dealt for misdeeds and actions of minors."

Kuzcos face looked blank "I'm sorry I wasn't listening…something about... what now?"

Pacha sighed again trying to keep his patience.

"Kuzco what I mean to say is that while you are apart of this family...we care for you and there are rules that you must follow...now I know this may be hard for you to hear but...lying and trying to get things your own way are not apart of being a member of this family...selfishness is no way to be in a family and for your future its no way to rule. Now when rules are broken there are consequences...and for this family its a trip to the woodshed. Kuzcos face suddenly dropped and Pacha knew he understood.

"Y-you mean y-you would?" Kuzco couldn't finish and Pacha nodded his head grimly. Kuzco knew that look and knew he wasn't kidding Kuzco may have been irresponsible...but he wasn't stupid.

"I-I think I have some homework to do!" Pacha smiled and folded his arms as he watched Kuzco hightail it to the house. "All that kid needs is a gentle nudge in the right direction" he smiled.

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dont go away...this episode isnt over yet!