The NeverEnding Story Page #3

It's now MY turn.

My name is Engywook. She's Urgl.

Ever heard of me?

I don't think so.

Oh. You don't move

in scientific circles.

I am the expert

on the Southern Oracle!

Oooh... you've come

to the right place, my boy!

There's no fool like an old fool.

Wait! Stay here.

The observatory!

To the winch, wench!

Come on, lazybones!

Can't you go any faster?!

I've been studying the mysteries

of the Southern Oracle for years.

Someday, I'll publish my book.

'A Century of Studying

the Southern Oracle'

by Professor Engywook.

Volume 1, 'The Early Years'.

Have you ever been

to the Southern Oracle?

Eh... what do YOU think?

I work scientifically!

Look!

Is that the Southern Oracle?

Oh, no!

It's the first of the two gates

you must pass through

before you reach the Southern Oracle

and get me the final information

for my book!

Of course, most people...

.. never get that far.

Why?

The sphinxes' eyes stay closed

until someone who does not

feel his own worth tries to pass by.

Here comes one that LOOKS fancy.

Let's see what he REALLY

thinks of himself.

Look. Look!

ENG YWOOK:
Hee! Hee!

Go on, scaredy-cat!

Oh, go ON!

Oh, it's my turn. Let me see.

I'M the scientist!

He's going on.

I think he's gonna make it!

The sphinxes' eyes -

are they open or shut?

Let me see!

They're shut.

No, wait! The eyes are opening!

Oh, no!

Did he make it? Did he?

No.

Fancy armor doesn't help.

The sphinxes can see

straight into your heart.

Listen, boy!

Next time, Let ME see what happens!

It's MY telescope!

I'm gonna try it.

No!

Don't go yet!

I've not told you about the next gate!

It's even WORSE than this one!

Atreyu!

Oh... he'll never make it!

He'll never make it!

Oh, no!

Don't start to doubt yourself!

Be confident!

Be confident! Be confident!

RUN, ATREYU! RUN!

RUN, ATREYU!

RUN! NOW!

He made it! He made it!

He made it!

He made it!

Arggh!

You could do with

a dose of juicy vitamins too!

He made it!

Atreyu! He made it

through the Sphinx Gate!

I always said he could do it.

Oh, good!

But that's no reason for you

to fall out of the basket again.

Oh.

I knew he would be safe.

Nonsense!

You don't understand anything!

The worst one is coming up.

Next is the Magic Mirror Gate.

Atreyu has to face his true self!

So what?

That won't be too hard for him.

Oh!

That's what EVERYONE thinks.

But kind people

find that they are cruel.

Brave men discover

that they are really cowards!

Confronted with their true selves,

most men run away screaming!

This is going too far.

What if they...

.. really DO know about me

in Fantasia?

The Southern Oracle?

WOMEN:
Do not be afraid.

We will not harm you.

We have been waiting for you

a long time, Atreyu.

Are you the Southern Oracle?

Yes. We are.

Then you must know

what can save Fantasia!

Yes. We do.

Well, what is it?

I have to know!

The Empress needs a new name.

A new name?

That's all?

But that's easy!

I can give her any name she wants!

No-one from Fantasia can do it.

Only a human child

can give her this new name.

A human child? Where can I find one?

You can only find one

beyond the boundaries of Fantasia.

If you want to save our world,

you must hurry!

We don't know how much longer

we can withstand the Nothing.

FALKOR!

Hurry, Falkor!

The Nothing's everywhere!

Don't worry.

We'll reach

the boundaries of Fantasia.

Do you know where they are?

I have NO idea.

Then how do we find a human child?

With luck!

Faster, Falkor. Faster!

We have to hurry!

Alright! Hang on tight!

Yeah!

Whoa!

Wahoo!

Wow! Whoa!

Yes!

What a shame they don't ask me.

My mother, she had

such a wonderful name.

"On and on they flew,

"until they reached

the Sea of Possibilities,

"where they could go no further. "

FALKOR:
Look, Atreyu. The Nothing!

Hang on!

Falkor!

Atreyu! Atreyu!

Atreyu!

FALKOR!

FALKOR! WHERE ARE YOU?!

Falkor!

Atreyu! Where are you?!

Atreyu!

Falkor!

Falkor.

Atreyu!

They look like big, good,

strong hands, don't they?

I always thought

that's what they were.

My Little friends.

The Little man with his racing snail.

The Night Hob.

Even the stupid bat.

I couldn't hold on to them.

The Nothing pulled them

right out of my hands.

I failed.

No, you didn't fail.

I'm the one who failed.

I was the one chosen

to stop the Nothing.

But I lost the AURYN.

I can't find my luck-dragon.

So I won't be able to get

beyond the boundaries of Fantasia!

Listen.

The Nothing will be here any minute.

I will just sit here

and Let it take me away too.

They look like good,

strong hands, don't they?

Mm-hm.

Morla?

Artax!

Artax!

If you come any closer...

.. I will rip you to shreds.

Who are you?

I am Gmork.

And you, whoever you are,

can have the honor of being

my last victim.

I will not die easily.

I am a warrior.

Ha!

Brave warrior.

Then fight the Nothing.

But I can't!

I can't get beyond

the boundaries of Fantasia.

What's so funny about that?

Fantasia has no boundaries.

That's not true!

You're lying!

Foolish boy.

Don't you know anything

about Fantasia?

It's the world of human fantasy!

Every part,

every creature of it,

is a piece of the dreams

and hopes of mankind.

Therefore, it has no boundaries.

But why is Fantasia dying, then?

Because people have begun

to lose their hopes,

and forget their dreams.

So the Nothing grows stronger.

What IS the Nothing?

It's the emptiness that's Left.

It is like a despair

destroying this world,

and I have been trying to help it.

But why?!

Because people who have no hopes

are easy to control.

And whoever has the control

has the power.

Who are you really?

I am the servant...

.. of the power behind the Nothing.

I was sent to kill the only one

who could have stopped the Nothing.

I lost him in the Swamps of Sadness.

His name... was Atreyu.

If we're

about to die anyway,

I'd rather die fighting!

Come for me, Gmork!

I am Atreyu!

Falkor!

Falkor!

Atreyu!

Got you!

"That was the end of Fantasia.

"Only a few fragments

of this once rich and beautiful world

"had been Left by the Nothing. "

ATREYU:
Good old Falkor.

Can you see anything?

Anything at all?

No.

All the Land is gone.

I know.

And all because I failed.

You tried.

Do you suppose the Ivory Tower

is still standing?

Let's hope so, Atreyu.

Let's hope so.

Let the AURYN guide you.

If the Ivory Tower still stands,

take us there.

Falkor!

The Ivory Tower!

The Empress.

Go on.

Atreyu.

Why do you look so sad?

I failed you, Empress.

No, you haven't.

You brought him with you.

Who?

The earthling child.

The one who can save us all.

You knew about the earthling child?

Of course. I knew everything.

My horse died. I nearly drown.

I just barely got away

from the Nothing!

For what? To find out

what you already knew?!

It was the only way

to get in touch with an earthling.

But I DIDN'T get in touch

with an earthling!

Yes, you did.

He has suffered with you.

He went through

everything you went through.

And now he has come here with you.

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