Uh oh, it's a Carlotta!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Phantom of the Opera or anything in this chapter! :)
Interview with the POTO Characters
~Carlotta~
Era couldn't help fiddling with her fingers nervously as she thought of the next character that was to enter her office. Hesitantly she pressed the button on her desk.
"21?" she called.
"Yes?" 21 answered.
"Can you have some of the characters on standby? Someone on Fanfiction wants them to listen in on the conversation when the time comes," Era requested.
"Sure," 21 replied before cutting off their microphone connection. Era looked up from her desk when she heard the door of her office open revealing Carlotta herself. Carlotta strolled in with a confident smile on her face and an air of ignorance. Without being invited she sat down across from Era.
"…Hi," Era greeted slowly, "I'm Era,"
"Carlotta," the other answered as though it was fairly obvious who she was.
"Well, we have a lot of questions from people on Fanfiction, so maybe we should start there," Era began.
"Just as I suspected," Carlotta hummed.
"…Expected?"
"Don't take this personally, but I am a famous person, and I am accustomed to receiving more mail from my fans than you ever could," she explained. Era growled.
"I highly doubt it…if anything, I'm sure you get more black mail from the Opera Ghost than fan mail," she retorted.
"How did you know about that?" Carlotta asked alarmed.
"Magic," Era answered flatly.
"Never mind, bring my mail in!"
"With pleasure," Era pressed the button on her desk, "21, get in here,"
21 entered the room moments later, looking at Carlotta angrily.
"Ask away," Era ordered.
"Well, I have a whole bunch from Muse, so I'll start there," 21 started as she looked at her clip board. "So, Carlotta, what do you think of Christine?"
"Christine Daaé?" Carlotta echoed.
"Yeah," as Carlotta thought over her answer, Era casually pressed the button on her desk so that the other line could hear.
"Well, to be honest, I think she's a spoiled brat. Going on all the time "Oh no, my father's dead, woe is me, I can't live on!" She does it all for attention in an attempt to steal my job! Then she planned the whole plot with sending me black mail signed O.G. and made me 'croak' on stage! And disappearing on stage was a way to get the audience's attention! She then left with the Vicomte de Chagny. The public didn't care if I sang after that, only about their precious Christine Daaé! I would rip out that little rat's hair the next time I see her!" Carlotta ranted.
"You didn't see her out there?" Era questioned with a raised brow.
"She went to the emergence room with Raoul, but don't worry, she's on the other line with the others," 21 informed.
"She's here?" Carlotta asked enraged.
"That's not the point," Era diverted, "So I'm guessing you don't like her,"
"I despise her and her little Vicomte!" a sudden gasp was heard on the other line of the microphone and everyone looked.
"What was that?" Carlotta asked.
"Nothing, keep going, 21," Era encouraged.
"Right, if you could switch places with Christine with the whole Erik business thing, would you?" 21 questioned.
"Erik? I believe the Vicomte's name was Raoul," Carlotta corrected.
"It is, Erik's the Opera Ghost," Era explained.
"The Opera Ghost is a myth," Era sighed before reluctantly telling Carlotta the sped up version of the events at the Opera House while leaving out important details revolving Erik's secrets. When the story was done Carlotta laughed.
"No, I would not trade lives with her. As angry as I am by the Ghost choosing Christine over me, I would not trade lives," she answered.
"As much as I really don't want to ask this, why wouldn't you?" Era questioned.
"This 'Erik' is obviously a psychopath, a singer wannabe who is too ugly to step foot into the normal world and sabotages the managers and I because he's poor and needs the money, that and he's jealous of both my singing and beauty. He must have picked Christine because he knew that I was so beautiful that he wouldn't have the guts to come to me and was so blown away from my singing skills that he had to go for second best where his voice would sound somewhat acceptable," Carlotta explained. Era couldn't help snickering.
"I hope Erik's paying attention to this," she laughed as she looked at the microphone on her desk expectantly.
"I'm going to kill that woman!" Erik's voice was heard on the other line.
"Erik, sit back down! Security's looking at us!" Christine tried.
"What are those voices?" Carlotta asked.
"They're…ghosts. We have a major ghost problem here. So, anyways, 21, keep asking questions," Era encouraged.
"What do you think of Raoul? Or, as they called him, the fop?" 21 questioned.
"Fop? Well, he is very attractive. He completely wanted me, but he couldn't have me. So I kept my distance from him so that he could move on with his life with someone less pretty, like Christine Daaé," Carlotta answered.
"Egotistical much," Era mumbled.
"Cherylinh wants to know how you became Prime Donna at the Opera House," 21 read. Carlotta laughed.
"That's easy! I'm a fabulous singer!"
"They want to know how you became Prime Donna with such a bad voice," 21 rephrased.
"You're all just jealous of me, that's all," Carlotta affirmed.
"A dying cow with a stick shoved up its derrière would sound better then you," Era retorted.
"I made it in on pure talent!"
"Cherylinh asks if you slept with one of the old managers to get in," 21 continued.
"I never did such a thing," Carlotta denied.
"Maybe she paid them," Era thought out loud.
"Never!"
"She dated one and paid the other," Erik informed on the other line.
"Who is that?" Carlotta asked aggravated.
"Thank you Erik, your stalker skills are very useful," Era complimented.
"I'm not a stalker!"
"I never did such a thing," Carlotta interrupted.
"We have a very good source saying otherwise," Era retorted.
"So that's a yes," 21 said while looking at the next question, "Oh geez…here's a question from one of our friends…dragonshiryu8 wants to know how it is possible for a lady to sing so badly,"
"I don't sing badly!" Carlotta yelled.
"Maybe it's just her nature to sing badly," Era reasoned.
"Or instinct," 21 agreed. "Anyways, SafetlyPinStituches wants know how you feel about Erik, in a romantic way,"
"I don't know that man, but I do know he's jealous of my voice and that is why he blackmailed me," Carlotta answered.
"I thought you said Christine blackmailed you?" Era recalled. "And wait…jealous of you?"
"Yes, he loves me so much he kidnaps Christine so that I could come back onto the stage and shine like a star!" Carlotta fantasized.
"He's the one who made you 'croak'," Era informed.
"No,"
"Yes," suddenly a 'croak' could be heard through the microphone and Carlotta looked around wildly in alarm. Era broke out laughing.
"I always wanted to hear the real thing, good job Erik," she giggled. Carlotta looked at the girl angrily.
"It's not true, it's all out of love, I'm sure. I have nothing for him though; he's whiny, ugly, and has no friends. Not worth my time,"
"Bitch!" Era yelled angrily as she attempted to climb over her desk to hit Carlotta, only to be stopped by 21. Little did the two know that Christine was attempting to do the same thing with Erik outside.
"Relax, Erik will get her later," 21 assured. Era grumbled but sat back down reluctantly.
"Let's keep going, jedigal125 wants to know if you're related to Miley Cyrus," 21 asked.
"Who?" Carlotta questioned. 21 went over to the radio in the corner of the room and pressed the 'play' button. One of Miley Cyrus' songs began to play, and when it was over 21 turned the machine off.
"She sounds beautiful!" Carlotta gushed, "We must be related!"
"I hope not, because believe it or not, I would rather listen to Miley Cyrus a thousand times a day then to listen to Carlotta once," Era said honestly.
"I agree…good thing Carlotta doesn't have an album," 21 said with a laugh.
"I can sing better than her!" Carlotta announced proudly. Suddenly Carlotta stood and began singing loudly for the two unfortunate girls to hear. Era and 21 tried to plug their ears, but it failed to block out the screeching music, if it could be called that, that was being heard throughout the building.
A knock was heard on the window, and Era happened to look over and see a figure through the glass and quickly went and opened it. Superman looked at her in alarm.
"I heard a cry of terror and agony or…something like that from a kilometer radius. Is everyone in good hands?" he asked.
"I can't hear what you're saying! I think my brain is going to die," Era yelled in pain. Superman looked over the girl's shoulder to Carlotta.
"What is that beast? I've never seen anything like it!" Era looked from Superman to Carlotta and got the message.
"It's a Carlotta! Can you get rid of it?"
"It's my duty to protect the public," Superman said while pushing Era to the side and quickly gliding through the window. He grabbed Carlotta around the waist and flew her out the window and to a destination far, far away.
"Thank you Superman," 21 whispered in pain. The door to the office opened as Erik, Christine, and the Persian walked in.
"I think I've gone deaf!" Erik said in alarm when he noticed he couldn't hear Carlotta's voice anymore.
"Superman took her away," 21 informed while sighing in relief.
"Superman?" Erik echoed while looking at the Persian confused.
"Don't ask," Daroga said quickly.
"What did you guy's say?" Era yelled.
"I can't believe she thinks I did everything at the Opera House to steal her job!" Christine exclaimed.
"I despise that woman," Erik growled.
"I think my eardrums might have burst," Era continued, not hearing the other's talking.
"What?" 21 asked, zoning out for a minute.
"How did you know about the manager's and Carlotta anyways?" the Persian questioned while turning to Erik.
"I was going to take the money from the manager's pocket when I saw Carlotta flirting with them. Poor men, she was going to show them a sample of her singing. Mr. Poligny quickly asked her out on a date before she had a change. Brave man, I have great respect for him," Erik explained.
"Amazing," Daroga whispered in awe.
A/N-And that was Carlotta! So, to let everyone know, this is the last official interview I have with the characters. HOWEVER, this story is FAR from over. Like I said in Erik's interview, there's still two more parts to this story! So don't fear, there's still lots of funny stuff coming out next.
Please review! :)
