Chapter 3
Tails felt a lot calmer after Sonic talked him through the interview.
"You'll be fine and don't forget that you'll have Cream and Cosmo with you," Sonic encouraged while patting the young fox on the back.
Sonic, Blaze, Amy and Sally were allowed to sit in the front row of the audience which made Tails feel more nervous than he already was. But it was Cream who seemed to be more scared than the rest of them.
"We'll get through this," Tails said confidently as they sat backstage waiting for Ant to introduce the show.
Shortly music filled the hall and Ant walked on the stage.
"Hello and welcome to another episode of 'Why do they?' the show that gives guests the chance to sot out their problems. Last week we spoke to Sonic, Sally, Blaze and Amy about their problems," Ant announced gesturing to Sonic and the girls, "And this week we will be talking to Sonic's best friend so will you please welcome Miles Prower or as we know him, Tails!"
Tails took a deep breath and walked onto the stage where the crows cheered. He walked nervously to the seat in the centre of the stage with his tails dragging behind him. Ant took the seat next to him.
"So Tails, what is it about you as a character that you think turns off the fans?" Ant asked curiously.
"I don't know… maybe it's the tails," Tails frowned taking a glance as his tails straightened up behind him.
"What about them?" Ant sighed Tails seemed to be very simple with his answers and Ant was hoping to get more information out if him.
"Not a lot of foxes have two tails," Tails replied quickly, "It makes me feel like an outsider."
"Yes but surely that would make fans like you, because you're original," Ant stated.
"Some people might think I'm a freak," Tails sighed emphasising the last word.
"A survey says that it's your voice that turns of most fans," Ant informed.
"It is?" Tails asked in complete surprise.
"So how do you feel about your voice?" Ant asked in response to Tails' surprise at the survey.
"It is a little on the girly side I suppose," he sighed.
"Right now the most serious problem we have in the fandom concerning you is the Tails/Cream and Tails/Cosmo war between the fans," Ant stated.
"Yeah, why can't everyone just respect opinions?" Tails moaned in exasperation.
"Well we are here to discuss that now and for that we need the other two people involved so will you please welcome Cosmo and Cream!" Ant announced.
Cosmo and Cream walked in with Cream hiding herself behind Cosmo until the plant girl sat down next to Tails and Cream sat in the remaining unoccupied seat.
"Right then, first off let's sort out the couple wars between the three of you," Ant suggested.
"Oh my God, Cosmo stole Tails from Cream!" Cosmo shouted out in an accurate fan brat-like voice. The audience, and Ant, just stared.
"Fact is I didn't steal Tails from anyone," Cosmo explained as honestly as she could, "Tails and Cream never actually dated, these 'fan brats' as you call them are just taking there support of Tails/Cream way too far. They can support whatever couple they want but they should not go bashing couples that interfere with the couple they support; it's just pointless and totally childish."
The audience clapped as Tails and Cream eagerly nodded in agreement.
"And what would you like to say Cream?" Ant asked. Cream stood up.
"Well I agree with Cosmo, people should support couples without bashing couples that interfere," the smallest girl sighed softly, "One thing I'm also sick and tired of people flaming other people who supporting Cosmo/Cream. I have no romantic interest in Cosmo but people can still portray us as a yuri couple if they wish. If people don't like yuri they shouldn't look at any yuri-related stuff and just leave it and respect the opinion of yuri fans. Sure I'm no lesbian but that doesn't give people the right to flame stories that contain yuri."
The audience cheered and Cream did a little curtsey; her mother had always told her to remember her manners.
"I also want to say that I hate my voice. It makes me sound like an old granny! I'm only six years old!" She added and she sat down almost instantly.
"Right, well clearly a lot of people are affected by this war that's going around," Ant noted.
"There's also a lot of character bashing," Tails pointed out. "People bash Cosmo just because she's a plant or because they support Tails/Cream instead of Tails/Cosmo."
"I get terrible letters and once I even got a Howler," Cosmo stated. Tails glanced at her and saw she was about to cry.
"And my hate mail is just mean and evil!" Cream cried. Both she and Cosmo were slowly crying and there was a long sound of sympathy from the audience. Tails looked at them with a look of sorrow, and then he quickly got up.
"Can't you see what's happening!" He asked angrily at the audience and cameras, "The wars and flames are making everyone miserable! All you need to do is respect other people's opinions and stop flaming couples just because they interfere with a couple you like and that way the fandom will be the peaceful society it once was!"
The audience cheered and Cream and Cosmo appeared to cheer up too. Ant, who was momentarily stunned at Tails' sudden outburst, stood up.
"Thank you and now give a round of applause to Tails, Cosmo and Cream!" Ant called and the audience cheered as the three left.
"Join us next week when we will be chatting to Rouge the Bat, Knuckles the Echidna and Shadow the Hedgehog!"
Music sounded in to the studio as Tails sat backstage with Cream and Cosmo.
"I hope the fandom improves now that we got our views across…" Tails sighed hopefully. The girls nodded in agreement. Tails was eager to tell Sonic what they did.
A/N
I had a writer's block which was why this chapter took so long. The next chapter may take a while too because I now have college and I've bound to get work to do.