"Oh shit! Oh shit! What the fuck? Holy shit!"

Jennifer could do nothing but curse as she stood in the middle of her bedroom trying not to knock her massive wings into anything. Her wings… that was a concept that she was having a hard time reconciling. Meanwhile her girlfriend stood equally still, only unbelievably silent. Emily's mouth was wide open as she took in the expanse of the raven-like wings that extended from the Valkyries back. Unlike the wing of the Furies, Jennifer's wings protruded from her shoulder blades and reached out then upward. Each wing was about six feet in length and was jet black except for the golden color that adorned the tip of each feather. It was the same golden color of Jennifer's hair. They were simply exquisite, and in the recesses of Emily's mind she realized that the tattoo on the blondes back had come alive; and that the cabin had really high ceilings.

"Emily… say something!" The frantic voice of the blonde brought Emily out of her stupor, kind of.

"Shit!"

"Say something else! I pretty much got that covered!"

"Can I touch them?"

"Seriously, I'm freaking out and all you can say is 'can I touch them?'"

"Um… is it strange that I'm finding this kind of hot? That doesn't mean that I have some sort of bird fetish or anything does it?"

"EMILY!" The Valkyrie throws her hands up in frustration, but still remains planted where she stands completely afraid of her massive appendages. "You are so not helping right now!"

The vampire could not only hear the panic but feel the fear rising within the blonde. She too is shocked by the new quality of the Valkyrie, but she isn't put off by it at all. In fact she had always been so intrigued by the life likeness of the tattoos that she kind of feels as though she should have seen this coming. But all the wondering needed to be put aside right now. Her main concern at the moment was to reassure and comfort the obviously discombobulated blonde in front of her. She walks up to the Valkyrie and places her hands on her cheeks. She gazes directly into worried blue eyes and smiles as she sees the woman begin to visibly relax at her touch. "Jennifer, it's Ok. Just calm down everything is going to be ok."

The blonde allows Emily's voice to flow over her, soothing some of her angst. However she isn't completely able to shake off her panic "How am I supposed to calm down when I just sprouted wings. I'm a winged freak! You should have seen your face, yet you're telling me to calm down!"

The vampire could feel the Valkyries heart rate increasing again and figured there was only one way to settle her. Never removing her hands from the blonde's cheeks, she leans in and places a long lingering kiss on soft lips. She pulls back once she can feel the slowing of the beauties heart beat, but only far enough to rest her forehead against the woman's "You are no freak. I'll admit that I was quite shocked but only by how magnificent this is. You look like an angel"

Jennifer was floored by the genuine awe and reverence in Emily's voice. She couldn't believe that the vampire wasn't put off by this sudden development. She let out a long deep breath and released some of the tension that had come over her. "So this doesn't freak you out, or disgust you in any way?"

Emily pulls back to look the blonde in the eyes "Absolutely not! Do you not recall me saying that I find it to be kind of hot? I mean really that should probably worry you about what kind of perve that makes me"

The humor was exactly what the Valkyrie needed to put her nerves at ease. Of course the wings themselves were one thing, but her fear that Emily would run for the hills was her major issue "You're right… I guess I should have questioned you on any weird fetishes before giving you this ring" She smiles and places a kiss on Emily's left palm before continuing "Ok… so I have wings. Now what?"

The vampire thinks for a moment then steps back and looks towards the beautiful expanse of wings "Well… I guess the first thing we do is figure out how to fold them down or tuck them in or something?"

The blonde lifts a questioning eyebrow at the brunette

"Ok I'm not explaining this well" Emily tries again "You know how a bird tucks their wings in when they aren't flying? Kind of like that"

Jennifer smiles finding the flustered vampire adorable "Ah… ok I got you. Sooo any suggestions?"

"Well…" Emily steps around the Valkyrie so that she is looking at the woman's back. Just as she had expected the tattoos had disappeared. Each wing was molded seamlessly from each shoulder blade and held the same exquisite muscle tone as the woman's back. Unable to help herself and longer the vampire lightly runs her fingers between the Valkyries shoulder blades and down her spine. She is mesmerized by the twitching of the wings muscles and is pleased at the moan that escapes Jennifer. The vampire then brings up both hands to gently stoke the brim of each wing. She almost gasps at how soft the feathers are and at how she can feel the wings flex beneath her fingers. "I take it that you can feel that"

"Mmmhmm" is all that Jennifer can murmur. She hadn't been expecting the touch and she really hadn't expected the wings to be so sensitive. She was barely able to focus due to the effect of Emily's ministrations.

Emily's beast purred as she chuckled at the reaction from her lover. She was well in tune with that particular timbre in the Valkyries moan and decided that she would definitely have to investigate more of this new erogenous zone later. Right now, unfortunately, was not the time to play. She removed her hands and walked back over to face the blonde "They are clearly and extension of you, so you probably have complete control of them. I think you should try to relax them, like when you tense then un-tense a muscle"

"Ok… like the opposite of flexing" Jennifer roles her shoulders and is surprised that she can feel the motion all the way in the tip of the wings "that's freaky!" she releases a deep breath and continues the action before allowing her shoulders to droop. She breathes deep while trying to tell herself over and over again to relax. After a moment she starts to feel the wings lowering. It feels much like slowly unclenching a tightly balled up fist. As they continue to lower her excitement gets the best of her "IM DOING IT!"

No sooner had the words left her mouth, the wings sprung up again into their full height and expanse "Damnit!"

Emily couldn't help but laugh. She found the blonde's excitement and then pout to be absolutely adorable. She collected herself and then brought her hands up to rub Jennifer's shoulders, encouraging her to try again. "Ok… let's give it another go. This time try to stay calm as long as you can"

"Ok… calm… got it" the Valkyrie tries again. This time she closes her eyes as she breathes deeply while slowly rolling her neck. She focuses entirely on the wings, imagining that they are lowering and lowering until they are pointing towards her feet. This time instead of celebrating, she continues to focus and she can actually feel the wings starting to shrink. They continue to get smaller until the ends are pressing lightly on her hips. Soon she begins to feel a warm tingling sensation that lasts for a few seconds. When it ends she opens her eyes and is met with the brown eyes of her smiling lover

"You did it!"

Jennifer reaches back and can only feel the skin of her bare back. She turns her back towards the mirror over her dresser and glances over her shoulder. Not a single inclination that she had grown wings was apparent. Nothing remained but her tattoos that lined her back from shoulders to hips. "WOW!" She turns back to look at Emily "Well that was new!"

"Yeah" the vampire chuckles at the blonde's understatement "I'm thinking we are going to have a lot of new things to discovery." She pauses to draw the blonde into a tight embrace "But it will be fine because we are in this together"

The blonde lays her head on the vampires shoulder. Despite her freak out she had to admit that it would have been a thousand times worse if Emily hadn't been there. "Thank you for centering me, and know that I will be here for you to freak out on as everything starts to change"

"I know. And I will always be here for you Jennifer….Unless you grow a beak. That may be a deal breaker!" Emily laughs as Jennifer pinches her side

"You are so not funny"