Chapter 3: Meet Daphne
Author note: Sonic comes in in this chapter. Enjoy all of you people!
Zero looked at all the stores and malls in wonder. "And this is only a small city?" He asked, slightly dazed. Gloria nodded, "Yup, come on, we can shape those two locks of hair into something more stylish, and Daphne is just the person to do it." Spazzy groaned, "What's wrong?" Asked Zero.
"Daphne is Gloria's fashion hairdresser friend. You'll see her in a minute." The salon was called Funky cuts. Gloria beamed at the sign, "Daphne has good taste." She said. "I still think she's colorblind." Muttered Spazzy.
When they entered a red fox was at the reception counter, why did they know it was a reception counter? There was a sign saying, in capital letters... RECEPTION COUNTER. But let's get on with the story... The fox had orange hair in a mess over his head, and a green braid, his eyes were bright green, he had a tuft of chest fur, a golden chain around his neck, a tawny colored t-shirt, black fingerless gloves, grey baggy pants, and shoes from "the Shadow brand", as people would refer to the brand of hover shoes based on Shadow's.
He smiled at them, "How can I help you ladies and gentlemen?" He asked, smiling so charmingly that Gloria fluttered her eyelashes at him flirtatiously. "Hey there handsome, is Daphne here?" The fox returned the smile, "Yes she is, can I give her the name of your gorgeous self?" He asked, keeping up with the game, Zero flashed a puzzled look at Spazzy, she shook her head slightly, signaling they shouldn't interrupt. "Why yes you may, I'm Gloria, and who are you?" He flashed the charming smile again, "I'm Louis." "Louis." Said Gloria, rolling the name around on her tongue like it was a kind of candy. "I'll be back in just a minute." He said, disappearing into the area that people would get their hair cuts.
In two minutes, Louis returned with a very pretty purple fox. She had red hair, in the same wavy style as Gloria down the back but at the front two short locks framed her face, and then the other two covered her left eye, she had frosty blue lips like Spazzy, a black choker necklace, bright green eyes, an orange shirt with no straps or anything, so it was more like a tube of fabric, tight fabric, that hugged her form, and it had a white stripe around the bottom, for gloves, she has faded blue fingerless ones, then she has bright red pants, and shoes with white toes, black soles, the rest black, and two green bands on it, one on the top, one sideways on the heel, to the other side.
She and Gloria hugged, so Zero guessed that this purple fox was Daphne. "Hello darling! Here for the latest fashion news?" "Not this time, but next time, would you mind giving my friend Zero here a trim so his locks of hair look fashionable?" Daphne's eyes glued themselves to Zero, "Wow you have a lovely figure!" She said, walking around him, Spazzy blushed, embarrassed at how Daphne could act, "I can certainly make you look fashionable, and because you're a friend of Gloria's, it will be free of charge! Isn't that absolutely smashing?" She asked.
Gloria nodded enthusiastically, so did Drummer, Spazzy, and Zero, seeing as Daphne could change her mind any moment.
After twenty minutes of snipping, Daphne proclaimed that she was done with Zero, and even Spazzy had to admit he looked good. At that precise moment Louis stuck his head around the door, "Daphne, Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog's are here, Sonic says he's getting a trim." Daphne clapped her hands in delight, "Maybe we can persuade Shadow to get a hair cut too! This is absolutely smashing!" She said, striding out of the room, the others followed. There stood Sonic and Shadow, Sonic with his familiar blue fur, and Shadow with his midnight black fur with red highlights.
Zero's eyes widened as he saw Shadow. "I've seen you before!" He blurted out. Everyone turned to Zero, who went red in the face. But then recognition dawned on Shadow's face as well, "Yes, and I've seen you as well." Sonic turned to Shadow. "What's up Shadow?" "He ran by me last night. And some security guys ran after him."
"Daphne, should I call the police?" Asked Louis. Daphne put her hands on her hips, "No way! This is smashing, we've got the two greatest heroes on Mobius here, we've got an escapee who I've given a hair cut, and my friends! As well as you, this is a smashing little assembly, let's call Lilly over!" She said, reaching for her cell phone. "Who is Lilly?" Zero asked, "A makeup lady, owns the most fashionable place to get your makeup done on Mobius, and she's an oddity, no doubt about that. There have been rumors that she's been going out with Silver the Hedgehog." Said Spazzy out of the corner of her mouth.
Lilly arrived promptly, she was a dark brown hedgehog with neon green hair, divided into three, one lock to fall down the right side of her face, one bound near the bottom to make a sort of ponytail at the front of her face, the other left to go back, the rest of her hair fell down her back in waves, like Daphne and Gloria's, she had blue eyeshadow, orange eyes, red lipstick, a tan muzzle, a greenish tan long sleeved shirt, white gloves, light grey pants, tan socks, and black sandals.
"Hello, I was just busy with... Hey! Rouge told me about you!" Said Lilly stopping and pointing at Shadow. "Darling, don't you remember it's rude to point?" Asked Daphne. Lilly snorted, "Well I've got news for you, whether or not it's rude to point people are going to be doing a lot of that soon." "What do you mean?" Asked Gloria.
Lilly stared at her. "Haven't you heard? There are vampires, four of them, loose in the city!"
Author note: OMG! VAMPIRES! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! But don't leave your computers! Stay tuned for the next chapter of... Adaptability.