//------------------------------// // L'arrivo di Gianduia // Story: Choco Gianduia // by Kawat3ngusan //------------------------------// THE ARRIVAL OF GIANDUIA Pinkie Pie and her friends arranged Pinkie's room properly, Applejack arranged the guest bedroom, and the same did Rarity and Fluttershy in their respective houses, when Spike was informed of the matter he prepared a room especially for the new mare, and two weeks after the preparations were almost ready. Carrot Cake spoke to his wife "I am eager to meet this Choco Gianduia, I would like to ask her some questions" "Questions?" "Yes, in short, before the letter I knew nothing about this friend of Pinkie," "You didn't know her because Pinkie always confided in me, that I'm kind of a second mother" Think about the benefits we will have" "Benefits?" ”Yes, she is a member of the Choco family” " What would you like to say??" "she knows recipes that only her family keeps, and then being she is Ithaylian she will also know a lot of sweets from her country" "WAIT, you want to take advantage of Pinkie's friend for our business?" "Honey, I don't want to take advantage, but think about the things we could learn from her" "I'm outraged! You disgust me" “But darling" "Thank goodness Pinkie isn't here to listen to you", Mrs. Cup Cake after her outburst went outside to see and met Rarity and Twilight who greeted her, “Hi girls and thanks again for helping us”, Rarity looked around "Where's Pinkie?" "She’s right there, next to the mailbox waiting for some more letters from Gianduia", Mrs. Cake was right, Pinkie Pie was opening and closing the mailbox continuously, like she always does whenever Rainbow Dash goes at the academy, the two unicorns approached her, Twilight was the first "Pinkie, do you think that by doing this you will get another letter?" Pinkie looks Twilight in the eye, ”Twilight; I thought about it, what if Gianduia was lost? What if maybe someone hurt her? Manehattan is very big” ”Pinkie, but Gianduia will be your age, and she has traveled a lot; she will surely know how to get by, she too will have documented herself before coming here” Pinkie Pie shifts and looks down “Yeah, but what if she doesn't remember me? What if she's changed?” "Didn't you say she had a good memory?" "Yes" "And you didn't say you wrote each other every year?" “Yes-sniff-it's true" Rarity consoled her "Don't worry Pinkie, we know you're nervous, we are too" Then Twilight asked "Tell me Pinkie, Gianduia now do you know what kind of party pony is?" "Oh, she knows the ways and customs of all parts of the world of Equestria, indeed, if I had Gianduia when the Yaks were here I would have had no problem making them feel at home" "Seriously?" ”She knew how to make an excellent Yakyakistan cake without getting the wrong doses or ingredients, and she knew where to find original Yakyakistan straw and all” "And how does she do it?" ”She has an uncle who has always lived in Yakyakistan, he is a pony and his name is Choco Vodka, he works for the royal family and made his fortune over there with chocolate-based liqueurs” "Interesting, you should have gone to Ithaylia rather than Yakyakistan" "Yeah, too bad I didn't have time to go to Flowerence ha ha", the laughter of the young pony infected her friends too, and Mrs. Cake and Maud Pie came out of the Sugarcube Corner, “Pinkie honey, can you come here and help us with the sweets?" “But Mrs. Cake, I'm waiting..." "I know, I know, but I'm sure you'll be more useful in here than by the mailbox, and then I don't think your sister Maud can help us like you do, she has a funny way of making sweets" Rarity was surprised to see Maud "But how did Maud get here and you didn't tell us Pinkie?" ”To tell the truth, it was a surprise for me too, she arrived this morning and when I told her that Gianduia would arrive she wanted to stay” "Pinkie..." "Yes Mrs Cake, here I come" When the pony entered the Sugarcube Corner, Twilight and Rarity turned around and saw several ponies running away towards the center of the village, something seemed to have happened; so the two unicorns went to check, "But what's going on?" "Look over there is the mayor, let's go talk to her", the mayor pony looked shocked, but when the two mares approached to talk to her, she calmed down a bit. “Mayor, what is all this mess?" "It's scary, it seems that a big lion is approaching the gates of Ponyville" "A lion? But there are no lions here, maybe it's a manticore that escaped from the Everfree Forest" "I know what a manticore looks like, but that's really a lion" "But there can't be lions here" "And it's not everything, it seems that animal puffs fog from its nostrils” "Does it blow fog from nostrils?" "And it also looks like he's pulling a big wooden wagon" ”I already get it, she must be Trixie again with one of her new spells” "Let's not jump to conclusions Rarity, let's go check, if it's a lion then Fluttershy will just talk to it" "Ah yes there is another thing" "And which one?" "Fluttershy has already tried to talk to that lion, but it didn't work, it seems that he doesn't listen to her" "Didn't work?" Rarity began to get scared Oh dear us, if Fluttershy fails, what will become of us?" The mayor looked behind her "Oh no, it's already here, help", the mayor ran away quickly, many ponies took refuge in their homes, others hid, Twilight and Rarity went towards the Ponyville square and saw that Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were already there, the sight was as it had been described to them, a big lion was pulling a wooden cart, and it was spitting smoke from its nose, then all of a sudden it stopped. Twilight and her friends watched; to them that lion seemed strange, Fluttershy exclaimed "Girls, I can swear there can't be any lions here, and that lion makes a funny noise" Twilight considered "That doesn't look like Trixie's wagon to me, and I don't think Discord has anything to do with it", while all five of them pondered, a strange pony in a gray cape and hood had climbed out of the wagon, Rarity speculated "Who do you think that is? Maybe it's Zecora?” Applejack corrected her "Rarity, Zecora is here next to me" "Then she will be a friend who came to visit her" Zecora turned to Rarity "I can swear to all of them, that I have many friends you see, but the identity of that figure is a dark fact for me" Twilight didn't know what to think "Then I really have no idea" Rainbow pointed to the foreign mare “Look she stood next to the lion, and it seems she wants to talk to it”, the mystery pony lifted a hoof and spoke to the mares ”OH PONY OF PONYVILLE, I COME FROM A FAR COUNTRY AND I AM HERE TO BRING YOU NEWS, I AM HERE TO FREE YOU FROM BOREDOM AND THE USUAL ROUTINE"-, as soon as she stopped talking other mares got scared and hid leaving the square almost empty, the mysterious pony replied in a bad tone of voice “BUT IS IT QUESTA (THIS) THE HOSPITALITY OF THE WEST, MAREMMA? ANDIAMO (COME ON) DON’T HIDE IN YOUR HOUSES; USCITE FUORI IMMEDIATAMENTE! (GET OUT IMMEDIATELY!)” Twilight and the others watched the mare and talked among themselves, Rainbow was confused “But what did she said? Twilight, what do you think she said?" "I honestly think she's offended", next to Twilight was Pinkie Pie who came out of a barrel, Twilight got scared and the fillies saw Pinkie scratching her chin and thinking: "Is that her? Questa? Maremma? Andiamo? Uscite?” , the pony went to meet the mysterious mare, Applejack tried to stop eer ”Stop Pinkie, it could be dangerous, we don't know who she is” ”No, I know very well who she is” Then Twilight "Pinkie stop, don't go closer", the screams of the five mares were useless, because Pinkie Pie stood in front of the pony and spoke to her; Who are you? And why did you come here to Ponyville for?”, the hooded pony smiled and replied: “I am here because I came to get your soul”, “Really? And how?” "If you answer three riddles and let me tell my name, your life will be saved" "Okay", while they were talking Twilight approached her friend, "What are you doing Pinkie, are you crazy?" "Twilight, I know what I'm doing " "Ascolta(Listen); What is that thing that never stops or rests??” "Mmh, yes the water" "Good, and who is that gentleman who wears a white jacket and always smokes?" "The Volcano" "Good, and who are those four sisters who never stay at home together, when one enters the other leaves?" "The Seasons" "Molto, molto (Very, very) good " 'Now I've won and you've lost' " I do not think so, now I will say your name, I see a cake, it's all pink, PINHIE PIE ", Twilight replied to her "But who are you, some kind of sorceress?", then Pinkie turned to the stranger, "Just a moment I want to play a nice trick too, tell me what is that sweet dark brown or black thing, with hazelnuts or milk and that many ponies like..." "Questa(This) is too easy, it’s chocolate" "Exactly but I'm thinking of a special chocolate, made with special hazelnuts, Piedmountain’s hazelnuts", the pony kept silent and gave a happy smile, and replied: "Then I would say that I lost, because this chocolate that you you say it's the gianduia, or me, Choco Gianduia”, the pony took off her hood and revealed her identity, Twilight began to recognize the features, she was a pegasus with a dark orange coat, green eyes, the mane was disheveled and light purple color and in the middle was light green, there was a yellow bow on her, just like the mane, the tail was also of those colors, around her neck she wore a purple scarf, the cutie mark was a slice of chocolate cake with a bowl of ice cream and some confetti, her hind hooves were inside boots of yellow, it was just the friend that Pinkie Pie was waiting for, Pinkie Pie screamed with joy and hugged the pegasus tightly, “Yeeeeesssss, Gianduia it's you, it's you, it's you, it's really you" Choco Gianduia embraced Pinkie Pie "Pinhie, how nice to see you again, it's been a long tempo (time) but now I'm here" "How I miss you" “Pinhie don’t cry, otherwise I'll start crying too" Pinkie Pie Stops hugging the pegasus and looks at her " It's so nice to know you'd come to see me, oh they're going to be memorable days" "I took quite a bit of vacation time from my work as a pegasus party, and I thought of traveling to western Equestria, and I thought why 'come and see my very best friend " Twilight was surprised "Sorry Pinkie she's......" "Oh yeah, Gianduia? she's one of my friends her name is..." Princess Twilight Sparkle! It was very facile (Easy) to recognize her, I bet you are the only alicorn in this village, I am Choco Gianduia; piacere di conoscerti (Nice to meet you) Twilight” "Um, thanks, nice to meet you Gianduia, but I think you have to do something about your lion, it scared everyone" Gianduia stands next to the lion and knocks on it with her hoof "Ah, but this is not a real leone (lion), it's simply my creaction, now I'll turn it off immediatamente(immediately)", having said that, the lion finished roar and snort and the eyes stopped shining, Twilight was stunned. "Wait, did you build this?" "Sì, it's a robot, I built it on the way, to tell the truth, I was in Manehattan for a week and then I came here" "Did you build this?" " O Twilight? What do you have instead of a brain? A record?” "Did you invent it?" I built it, but the original project is by the great pony Leonardo da Whiinci" "Oh" Then Pinkie answered "Giandù, what do you do with this lion? Is it to pull your wagon?” To tell the truth, I built it to make an impressive entrance here in Ponyville, Maremma, for the most part it's me who pulls my carro (Wagon)" Twilight was surprised "Wait! Did you build it to make a simple entrance?” " Ma perché (But why)did they all run away??" Because you scared them with your lion" "I think you exaggerated Gianduia" " Sometimes I don't notice when I exaggerate” Pinkie Pieh hugs Gianduia again "But it's so nice that you haven't changed, you've always remained the same creative Toakscan mare" "Grazie(Thanks) Pinhie I appreciate it" Pinkie Pie broke away from her friend and yelled towards all the ponies that were hiding- "HEY, PONIES COME OUT"-, many ponies looked out the windows, others came out of the alleys where they were hiding, Pinkie Pie's friends approached. First was Applejack "Sorry Pinkie but this mare is……..” "She's my fillyhood friend and best friend Choco Gianduia, she's finally here), come out, she's Choco Gianduia an old friend of mine" “Hey Buongiorno (good morning) ponies, what’s up? I came from the old boot to find my friend Pinhie, che cosa fate? (what are you doing?)” Many ponies were a bit confused, Lyra and Bon Bon who were nearby looked at each other and exclaimed in unison "But how does she talks?", Pinkie Pie then turned back to everyone "Don't be afraid, she's an old friend of mine, a fillyhood friend, she is Ithaylian, if you think she speaks strange it is because she speaks her language, but you mustn't be frightened; she's a party pony like me”, at those words Bon Bon said -“Well, if she's a party pony then there's nothing to be afraid of” and she approached, after her Lyra spoke to the other ponies: “And then if she's a friend of Pinkie Pie don't be alarmed”, after the two mares approached, all the ponies that had escaped went to the square to get to know the newcomer so Pinkie Pie started introducing the pegasus. "So dear she ponies and dear he ponies, this is Choco Gianduia, she comes from Flowerence in Ithaylia, we met when we were fillies, Gianduia these five mares you see are my friends and their names are…." "Aspetta Pinhie(Wait Pinhie), I want to see if I remember their names" "Oh go ahead then" "Let's see; cutie mark with apples, the is too facile(Easy), Applejack, then rainbow hair, too facile too this, the future Wonderbolt Rainbow Dash and this...", looks at Fluttershy but the latter hides scared "Vedo che lei è molto timida (I see that she is very shy), Fluttershy, and by elimination she is Rarity” Twilight was happy "Congratulations, you guessed them all" "Girls, what did I tell you? Gianduia has an excellent memory, she remembered your names and the photos of her that she sent her a long time ago” "So you are Pinhie's friends? I finally have the honor of meeting you" Fluttershy looked the lion "So that lion is fake?" "Sì, I built it, exactly as Pinhie said mi piace inventare" "What?" ”she means: she likes to invent” Rarity turned to Gianduia "Tell me Gianduia, how did you find our Equestria?" "Che vuoi dire?" "Huh?" Pinkie translated "She said: What do you mean?" "I mean how did you find West Equestria, since you're from Central Equestria" I had difficulty, you can say this, but I must admit the characteristics of this part of Equestria are beautiful, especially for a mare like me who like viaggiare (travel)" Pinkie Pie hugs Gianduia “See? The usual mare I met has remained" Choco Gianduia Kindly pushes Pinkie away "So Pinhie, can you introduce me to all these ponies?" "There will be time, ohmyohmyohmy there are so many things we have to do together, you and me, you and my friends, and everyone" Maud Pie comes from the crowd and approaches "Mmm, hi Gianduia, it's a joy to see you again, you don't know how happy Pinkie was that you would come" "Oh Ciao (Hi) Maud, maremma, you've really grown, ah sì, I have a little present for you", the mare puts her hoof in the bow and takes out a little red box and gives it to Maud, "Oh you shouldn't have bothered, Gianduia" ”You will like it, it's a box of volcanic stones, maremma,” Maud Opens the box "Amazing, rose quartz, cooled lava, obsidian, tuff, there are so many" "I knew you would like it, they come from the city of Ponpei in Camponya, directly from the Veshooves vulcano(Volcano)" "It's a beautiful gift Gianduia I really don't know how to thank you" Choco Gianduia Turns to Pinkie Pie "Maremma, I've never seen her with such a toothy smile" Applejack Laughed nervously "Ehm Gianduia, you must know that Maud doesn't express her enthusiasm like Pinkie" Pinkie explained "Oh but Gianduia knows, after all Maud always came with us to Ithaylia" "Yes, but she teased Maud, saying she was smiling” “Are you kidding me? Maud is smiling, ah yeah that's right!” "What??" "I forgot to tell you that Gianduia is the only pony out of my family who can read Maud's facial expressions" Seriously? Do you mean Maud really smiled?” "Yes" Twilight Touches the lion "Gianduia, did you say that this lion is an original project by Leonardo da Whiinci?" "Sì, and exactly like the original is also full of lilies", Gianduia opens a porthole under the belly of the lion and a multitude of blue and purple lilies come out, Pinkie looked, "Wow Giandù, are all these lilies yours?" "Oh Pinhie, Pinhie, Pinhie, these are not normal lilies, eat one", "Yum yum, gulp, but, but, but it’s made of sugar" "Precisely Pinhie, this is my creaction, come on pony come and eat the sugar lilies of your nuova amica(New friend) Choco Gianduia, go ahead and eat" Applejack ate a lily "Sugar lilies, nice way to introduce yourself, and they are delicious too” Twilight was happy "Dear Gianduia, we want to welcome you here to Ponyville" "And I also know how, with a party", Pinkie turned her gaze towards Gianduia's wagon and saw a filly who looked at her and immediately ran inside it, "Hey Gianduia who's on your wagon?" "Ah, that's my little sorella (Sister), she‘s very shy but now I'm going to get her", Gianduia entered the wagon and began to yell "Andiamo Vieni fuori (Come on, get out), where are you running away? Come here, come here immediatamente(immediately), Maremma”, there were various noises inside that wagon, then Gianduia came out, “Ragazze(Girls), this is my little sister Choco Vanilla”; she was a little unicorn all dark orange, with a dark green front and dark purple back mane, her eyes were dark green, her tail was part green and part purple always in dark tones, she wore green boots and wore a dark purple scarf, Gianduia held that scarf between her teeth to keep her little sister still, Pinkie Pie approached the filly, "Oh but how you've grown Vanilla you've become a beautiful filly", "Vanilla, do you remember Pinkie Pie?" Ehm….ehm….un poco(A little)” ”No, surely she doesn't remember me, she was little when I last visited you” ”Don’t mind what the puledrina (filly) says, she remembers, she remembers, she's just molto (Very) shy, even your friends have little sisters, didn't they? ”Yeah there's Applejack and Rarity who have a little sister, and then Rainbow Dash who has kind of a little sister but she's actually her number one fan” "If you say so, I would like Vanilla to make friends with them, in this way she will be able to play with them without me and now facciamo festa" Twilight turned to Pinkie "What?" "Let's party" "Yes, that's understood." That afternoon in the square of Ponyville there was a party with various delicacies and various festoons that said Welcome Gianduia, there was a beautiful table where the six mares and the newcomer sat side by side, naturally the mayor also participated in their conversations, "As a representative of the city I welcome you to Ponyville dear Choco Gianduia" "Thank you sindaco, (Mayor) and I want to say that this will be the best week of my life because I met my friend Pinhie again" "Wait Gianduia, did you say a week?" "Sì, why?" "But a week is not enough, I mean we haven't seen each other in years and you want to stay only seven days?" "And how long could I stay?" "Do you have to go back to Ithaylia immediately?" "Oh no, I took some months off, indeed I believe that this year for once I will skip the rificolona festival" Then you can stay even longer" "And if I stayed even three weeks?" "But also a month" "What if I decide to stay all summer?" “Are you kidding me? Sure I do(They hug again), a whole summer with my old almost sister friend here in Ponyville will be amazing” "So in this case I think I'll stay here for the whole stagione(season), and I could carry on a couple of my new inventions" Applejack questioned to her "Gianduia, have you thought about where you will stay to sleep? No, because we can host you on my farm if you want” “Non ti preoccupare Applejack, quando viaggio vivo e dormo nel mio carro, è molto più di un semplice carro, è la mia casa quando sono fuori dalla mia vera casa " Applejack was perplexed "What did she say?" ”She Said: Don't get worry Applejack, when I travel I live and sleep in my wagon, it's so much more than just a wagon it's my home when I'm out of my real home, got it?” "Um yeah" "And now let's have a nice brindisi" "A nice toast" Twilight then said "Pinkie could you ask her to avoid speaking Ithayliano?" "Don't worry girls, Gianduia doesn't do it on purpose, after a while you get used to talking with her, and then I'm here, but Gianduia, I could have you in my room" "Pinhie, but I wrote to you that there wasn’t need for arrangements, and then I've got my wagon with me, if you want I'll show it to you later" Rarity spoke "Listen Gianduia, we thought that tomorrow we could have a picnic, just to get to know each other, like we did with Maud" "A picnic you say? I like molto but molto the idea, so what time?” "Around midday" “So let it be midday, don’t bring too much stuff, because I will produce a mountain of good stuff" But Applejack disagreed "Gianduia you are the guest, you don't have to cook" "I have the testa dura(Hard head) dear Applejack, I will let you taste a lot of Ithaylian dishes" "Do you want to prepare some food?" "Now that I'm here, I swear I'll make great meals" Twilight was curios “Why do you pronunce Pinhie PIe?…" “You see the Toaksan dialect is one of the many beautiful Italian dialects, but it is more an idiom than a dialect, depending on the region, there is the influence of various parts, there is the Toakscana of the east where there is contact with the regions Ombria and Haymilia Romanegna, but the things can be different from Flowerence to Peasa, for example in Flowerence, Grasseto and Horsiena many of us inhale the c, the v and the t, but not all of them only those between two vowels, even if many inhale them all like my grandfather, then when I was little I never pronounced the k, so I always said Pinhie Pie, in reality I can pronounce the c and the k if they are preceded by a consonant, and then my region is where modern Ithaylian was born" "I'm amazed, an explanation worthy of a professor" "Gianduia, but don't feel obligated, on the contrary, I want you to speak your language, it will be a unique experience for all of us” Twilight and her friends looked at each other, all five thought that if Gianduia had spoken like that they wouldn't have understood her, but Pinkie was happy and there was no need to reply, “Ehm…..yes it will be a unique experience” '"Don't worry Twilight, if you don’t undestand me, I'll give you an explanation right away" "You mean you're going to explain what you said?" "And just like my father always says Pat ciàir, Amicissia longa, clear terms long friendship" Applejack was curios "And this is Toakscano?" "No, it's Piedmountese". The mares enjoyed chatting with the newcomer, the other ponies came to meet her and welcome her, then it was the Cakes' turn, "Gianduia, this is Mrs. Cup Cake and Mr. Carrot Cake, and they are Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake" Ah, they are the famous Cakes? Nice to meet you all” Mrs Cake introduced herself first ”Pinkie has always told me about you, only that when she did she was often melancholy” I can understand it, we almost grew up together, even when I thought about our fillyhood I was often sad, anyway, I can finally see the famous Cakes that she wrote to me, you are a second family for Pinhie, aren't you?" Then it was Carrot's turn to introduce himself "Welcome to Ponyville Gianduia, know that being a friend of Pinkie Pie, you will be more than welcome at the Sugarcube Corner" "Grazie very much, but now sono stanca, so I would like to go to il mio letto" "Huh?" "Yawn, I said I'm tired and I'd like to jump into my bed" Pinkie looked to little Vanilla "Even your sister is starting to yawn" "Come on Vanilla, we'll go to sleep, see you tomorrow Pinhie, I promise you that I'll be there for the picnic, you just tell me the place" “I'll do better, I'll come and call you and take you" "Thanks to all, now I'm going on my wagon to rest, buonanotte, good night" -“Goodnight, Gianduia”-, they all said as they saw the pegasus enter her wagon, Pinkie Pie smiled and looked at her friends, "So girls, what do you think of Gianduia?" Twilight spoke for first "It's still a little early to tell but she seems nice, only that she speaks a little often in her language" Rarity said her version "Oh come on Twilight, like we're not used to talking about Applejack and then you heard her right? If we don't understand, she explains" ”But Pinkie may be right, she could be a good opportunity to get to know another culture” Applejack talked to Rarity "Sorry Rarity what were ya saying about mah talking?" "Come on Applejack, don't feel offended, I meant your peasant palaver, not to mention your country comparisons" Rainbow then said ”At least we can understand Applejack, but that pegasus is as if she spoke another language” Twilight disagreed "Dash, you haven't said a word, and then would you dare to tell Pinkie?" “Excuse me, didn't you say I shouldn't talk to that mare for fear I'd offend her? "Yeah but we didn't mean you had to shut up, just don't offend her" "I won't offend her I swear, I just want to get to know her better to give my opinion" Pinkie was very happy "Oh girls, I can't wait for tomorrow, as soon as it's noon I'll go get Gianduia and we'll talk and eat and laugh, oh I can't wait" Twilight looked Pinkie "Look how happy Pinkie is, she's really excited now that her old friend is back" Rarity was happy for Pinkie too "I think it will be much easier to make friends with Gianduia rather than as we did with Maud" Applejack smiled "Well, that's what we always thought isn't it?", the mares together with other ponies put everything away, that night Pinkie Pie couldn't sleep thinking about the following day, Twilight also couldn't sleep and spoke with Spike of the Flowerentine mare, the little dragon could not be present as he had just returned from an errand in Canterlot, so the unicorn explained everything to him, "She looks like a very interesting pony, I wonder if she likes dragons" "I've been able to read up a lot on Ithayly and it would seem that dragons exist there" “So she won't be scared if she sees me,” and then they both fell asleep. To be Continued........ My little pony by Hasbro & Lauren Faust