Hollahi, hollaho, writing makes Petit Erik happy. Man, this place is going like pretzels. I'm going to take a break for a few days after this chapter. Need new ideas. But for now, have fun with this chapter.

Greetings Petit Erik


26.12.2021

This morning everyone woke up at the same time. Panaro, however, was awakened by a tongue in his face. When he opened his eyes, he saw Soot standing over him with wide eyes.

"Good morning, little one," he said in response.

From Soot came a single enthusiastic bark. Then when everyone was up, everyone freshened up and changed clothes. It was decided that after breakfast the mattresses would be returned to their respective rooms. After breakfast was finished, everyone set to work. Together the work was finished after half an hour and the living room was put away again. Then the question of what to do today was thrown into the room. Most were just for staying inside and relaxing. And since there was also a piano in the living room, the necessary entertainment would be provided. Many of the Phantoms had decided that their Sopranos needed another lesson and went with them to their rooms. Soon, piano or organ was played in each room and the Christines sang along.

Jenny, meanwhile, relaxed in her room and continued to draw her picture. She had a great fondness for the apocalyptic horsemen by Albrecht Dürer. She had seen this particular painting in elementary school and hadn't been able to get away from it since. So she turned on some soft music and kept drawing. About two hours later, she went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare lunch. It was only 11:30 but eating took its time too. Today there would be a Czech dish: Dumplings with goulash and red cabbage. Jenny, since she had tried it for the first time, was totally keen on the food. In the past, she had often taken the train to the Czech Republic with her father. Then they either made a round trip or went to a certain place, where they always had lunch. The most beautiful thing she always liked was that the Czechs still cut the ingredients themselves by hand and didn't use anything frozen. When she was ready to set the table, a couple of Christines appeared in the doorway as if on cue to help.

When everything was ready, Jenny whistled through the house and everyone came out of their rooms. During lunch, the mood was somewhat somber. Although Jenny's food was highly praised as always, the phantoms were still a bit saddened. Jenny knew that today, after coffee, the Christines would have to return home. Although they lived just across the street in an equally large house, it felt to the gentlemen as if they were traveling 600 km away. Although it was said that the OG's were also welcome to come visit them once but one knew the shyness of the gentlemen. When lunch was over, all the men went into the living room together with Jenny, while the Christines had to pack their things again. After they were done, they came into the living room with them and snuggled up to their respective phantoms.

"So, what do we do now?" asked Jenny. Sarah gave her a look in response, which Jenny recognized immediately. Sarah had once seen Jenny playing Mario Kart and after trying it out, she was hooked.


Jenny then went to the TV and rummaged out the Wii remote controls. Grinning, she handed one to Sarah, who returned the grin. Emmy made a subtle movement that meant she wanted one too. Sierra had already grabbed the third one and Jenny seized the last one for herself. Then she turned on the TV and it started. Everyone chose a character for themselves and Jenny chose a track to drive. She grinned and chose her favorite track, the rainbow track. The four women played like maniacs against each other, while the men and the other ladies just watched in amazement and horror. The three boys had sat down on the floor in front of the TV to better watch the spectacle. At the moment Jenny was in front but from behind she already saw Sarah coming towards her. Emmy and Sierra followed with little distance. Sarah already whizzed past Jenny and left her behind. She looked at her in surprise, but Sarah just shrugged her shoulders and grinned at her. Crawford, meanwhile, looked proud as punch of his angel. He had been told that she was good at this game, but that she was this good, even he didn't know. Already Sarah was rushing through the finish line first but with very little distance to Jenny. The other two ladies followed behind.

When everyone was done with their laps, the remotes were handed in. Piterman, one of the four Phantoms from the 3rd floor clawed one. The other three went to Carpenter, Warlow and Borchert. The four opera ghosts immediately tried their hand at this route as well. After some back and forth, they got the hang of it and played with the same euphoria as the ladies before them. During this round, everyone had slid a good bit forward out of their chairs to watch the spectacle. They played like this the whole time until everyone had a turn. The three boys crushed their fathers like anything else. While this was their first time playing it, they had looked up exactly how the game worked and had also memorized every turn of the remote so they now used this against their fathers. When everyone was finished, the TV was turned off and they sat comfortably together until coffee was served.

After coffee was finished, the Christines headed back home. The OG's were reluctant to let them go again, but understood that so many people in one pile would eventually become too much. The sons hugged their fathers and the ladies did the same. When the Christines had said goodbye, the gentlemen were still standing at the door waving them goodbye. Jenny, of course, did the same. When they were gone, the boys came back in and peace returned to the house. But only for 1 hour. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Jenny stormed out of her room, ran down the stairs, opened the door and squealed loudly with joy.

"For the love of treble clef! Not again!"

"Oh what now?"

"Some are trying to concentrate on composing!"

"I swear, if Kerik screams again, not even his hand at eye level will save him," grumbled Warlow.

At this, several disheveled Merik's came down the stairs.


Meanwhile, Jenny came back in from the door, grinning broadly, with two young gentlemen in tow.

"Men," she said, "these are my brothers. More precisely, my twin brothers, because we are triplets. It knows, it is not so noticeable at first but with time it is obvious."

The men looked at the younger ones in amazement. They never thought that their sometimes strict 'housekeeper' would be so pleased and childlike.

"It is a pleasure to make their acquaintance," Erik said, coming forward and extending his hand to the two boys, which the two shook.

"And with whom do I have the pleasure, may I ask?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

He noticed that one of them had deep blue eyes and the other had brown eyes. Jenny, on the other hand, had three eye colors at once, blue, green and amber, something he had never seen before.

"Um, I'm Jeremias but everyone calls me Jere and this is my brother Dominik," said the boy with the blue eyes and with that he pointed to the brown eyed boy who was standing next to him.

Erik shook hands with him as well.

When all the awkwardness had fallen away, the others were just as happy to greet Jenny's brothers. After all the greetings had been exchanged, they all went into the living room together. Jenny briefly went into the kitchen and prepared tea. Then she went back into the living room and sat down with the others.

"So, how long are you staying here?" she asked her brothers.

Dominik answered: "Oh, we were going to stay until January 2, since we haven't seen each other in so long."

It was true, they hadn't seen each other in over a year. Although they had the one or other conversation via Skype but that was nothing like seeing each other for real. The fact that the two now managed to get to Paris for New Year's Eve made Jenny immensely happy.

"I think we have rooms left or we'll have to split you up. Does anyone know if we have any spare rooms?" she asked the group.

"We have two rooms left downstairs," Derik said.

"Very well," Jenny said in response, "if you don't have a problem with that, I would put you down there with us. Oh, and don't worry, the rooms are soundproofed. So you shouldn't be woken up early at five."

With that statement, she glanced at the phantoms, who were staring in all directions but at her.

"Do you guys want to bring your stuff down first or do you want to do it later?" she asked her brothers.

"I guess we'll do it now. We'll have less stress later," Jere answered her.

He and Dominik got up, grabbed their suitcases and dragged them to the basement. A short time later they returned to the others, who were sipping their teas with pleasure. Jenny poured them each a cup as well.

"Hmm, Nordic berries. Good choice" Jere said with relish.

Almost everyone had the same tea, except for Erik and Kerik, who stuck to their Russian tea. Jenny had also tried a small sip, but it came back out almost to her nose. No, this tea was really not for her. She preferred instead, when it was cold, a big pot, with a Kluntje in it and a nice fruit tea. The other phantoms had likewise decided to try this fruit tea and found it just as good as the two boys. When it was soon 18:30, Jenny headed for the kitchen to prepare dinner. She left her brothers in the living room so they could talk to the opera spirits. She still had some food left over from yesterday, but it was so much that it would be enough for everyone. So she prepared it while the others sat in the living room.


"So, tell me. What did you do with Jenny when you were younger?" Lerik scribbled on his sign. Since he was mute, he always carried a small tablet with him where he wrote down the things he wanted to say.

Dominik answered him: "Well, once Jere gave her quite a scare. You have to add that he is the middle one of us, Jenny came first, 2 minutes later he and I came 2 minutes after Jere. But I always had the better bond with our sister. Between the other two, the sibling rivalry is very strong."

The Phantoms couldn't even imagine that Jenny could have such a strong rivalry with anyone. That was something completely different they were hearing.

"What did she do that scared him so much?" asked Edenborn.

But before Dominik could answer, Jere intervened: "She hid a spider under my pillow and when I lay down in the evening, I felt a crawling and got up from bed. Then I turned on the light and saw this critter sitting there. I was 6 years old at the time and I screamed really loud for my parents, who came running into the room. They saw the spider and quickly removed it. Then they went out of my room again. The next thing I heard was the name "GENEVIEVE!" echoing everywhere in our house."

The men knew that when Jenny was addressed by her full name, things got pretty serious.

"Does Jenny actually have just that name or several more?" asked Mackintosh in response.

"Oh, she has another name. Her full name is Genevieve Renka Stefanová. Our father is from the Czech Republic and came to Germany because of our mother. Before we were born, though, they went back to the Czech Republic. Then we were all in the Czech Republic for about 5 years, that's why we can speak Czech. But Jenny really wanted to travel around, that's why she moved out and here relatively early and, from what I can see, she feels relatively comfortable," Dominik said.

"Genevieve Renka Stefanová," Erik muttered to himself, "do you actually have double names?"

Dominik answered him: "My name is Dominik Alexander and my brother's name is Jeremias Theodor. My parents liked to have names that were a little more from the East because of our father, you know?"

Erik nodded.

Jenny, meanwhile, called out from the kitchen: "Dinner's ready!"

At that, everyone got up and headed toward the kitchen. "Say, does she still whistle when there's food?" asked Jere Gerry with a grin.

"And how," the latter replied, "it's always loud and she makes sure everyone really heard it."

"Yep, I know that one. And if it's not enough after all, she whistles through her teeth, but loud enough for everyone to hear." At this Gerry had to laugh and together they both went to the kitchen for dinner.