The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter Page #2

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-l should use it.

-When l'm right, l'm right.

l'll try it.

l need something...

...something that...

...can fly...

...and that can scare the pants off

anything living in that castle.

Very sensible.

l'll wish for the most horrible flying dragon

in the history of Fantasia!

l wish him to be red. No, green.

l wish him to fly as fast as the Concorde

and stinks so bad...

...that he makes you sick!

And breathes fire.

l'll call him Smerg.

Maybe you should wish

for some modifications.

Oh, no!

Oh, yes!

We can't let it loose on Fantasia.

Who knows what it might do.

-What are you going to do?

-Chase it!

Chase?

Did somebody say ''chase''?

Falkor!

Boy, am l glad to see you!

And l'm glad to see you.

What are we waiting for?

l've got an itch behind my ear.

Go for it, Falkor!

Look! The castle that looks like a hand.

A very mean hand.

Hold on.

Smerg got zapped.

We got to find Atreyu.

l got to get some rest.

Hey!

Watch it, folks!

Rockbiter!

Rockbiter!

You'll wake him up.

Meet Junior.

ls this yum-yum rockie?

Let me try.

Junior...

...when are you going to learn...

...the difference between a rock...

...and a nose?

Why was Junior crying?

He's hungry.

Hungry?

With all these rocks around?

l don't understand it...

...myself...

...but all...

...goodness has gone out of the rocks.

...have turned empty.

There's nothing left...

...to nourish us.

lt's all part of the same thing.

You're fighting a losing battle,

Childlike Empress.

Soon your slick little castle...

...will be as dark as mine.

l didn't break the window!

Don't lie to me!

You promised to take me swimming.

You promised.

Something's come up.

l hate you! l hate you!

So that's what humans remember.

That's a memory Bastian has lost!

Excuse me.

What can l do for you?

Do you know Bastian? Bastian Bux?

Do we ever really know anybody?

l'm Bastian's father. Barney.

l found this book in my son's room.

Your address is inside the cover.

Really?

Where?

l don't understand.

l saw it there last night.

Look, l'm an engineer.

What l see is what l see when l see it.

lt's an interesting concept.

My son's missing since last night.

Heavy reading for a young man.

When did you last see him?

Maybe you'll find the explanation

for his disappearance...

...inside.

We were getting worried about you.

Where have you been?

l convinced some warriors

to help us take the castle.

Warriors?

Where are they?

Right here.

Atreyu, get real!

But l am real!

What do you mean, ''get real''?

Forget it. lt's a joke.

Being real is a joke in your world?

Yeah!

What's in the bag?

Our army.

Come here.

Never mind. You'll grow into it.

And so will you.

The machine's working out well, isn't it?

lt would work better if you were out there

making the Earthling wish.

lt's so cold out there.

That's the plan.

lt's dangerous, but it just might work.

lt has to work.

l'm glad you came back to Fantasia.

l am, too.

What if something happens to you?

Somebody must miss you in your world.

Nobody misses me.

But what about you?

Don't you miss somebody?

The only one l miss...

...isn't there.

Who's that?

My mom.

Look.

The lvory Tower.

Now it's a prison.

We may never see the Empress again.

Right now...

...all we have are memories.

Bastian.

ln your world...

...if The Neverending Story...

...is fading...

...no child will ever know...

...about Junior.

They'll never ride the prairie with me?

They'll never ride

through the clouds with me?

lf humans...

...forget about us...

...nobody will think...

...for Junior to do.

No!

We won't let that happen.

Bastian, here!

Atreyu, quick, help me!

l'm burning! lt hurts!

l can't breathe!

Are you all right?

You saved my life, Atreyu.

Yes. But you would have done

the same for me.

Sure.

What's happening?

The beams! They've destroyed the beams!

Fix it!

Do you remember what to say?

Yeah.

Make it loud.

The Earthling Bastian Balthazar Bux...

...and Atreyu...

...the warrior from the Great Plains--

ls that what you call loud in your world?

The Earthling Bastian Balthazar Bux...

...and Atreyu,

the warrior from the Great Plains...

...demand to see the master of this castle!

That should get somebody's attention.

Guess whose?

Do they make strong gates in Fantasia?

Keep talking.

Keep talking!

Hi.

You're probably wondering why l'm here.

That's a reasonable question.

ln the past we've had our differences...

...but l'm sure they can be worked out.

lt all gets back to us

starting to communicate, right?

There's all kinds of communication.

Some do it with a look.

Some do it with a smile.

Some do it with...

...a sickle.

l read that somewhere. l like to read.

You're probably not interested.

You probably hate books.

Eggs? Eggs will do us a lot of good!

Wham-Bos, go!

Now's your chance, go!

What about them?

-lt's a good day to die.

-Don't say that!

-Give me five!

-Five what?

Forget it! l'll see you inside.

l wish there was some other way in.

l wish for another step!

And another one.

And another.

And another one.

Nice. Very nice.

Giants!

l wish for another one!

And another!

Atreyu!

Try to swing around.

lt won't work.

The chain.

Grab it!

Pull!

Pull!

Come on, pull!

We need weapons!

l wish for a spraycan.

That's a weapon in your world?

People use it against walls.

Those walls must be dangerous.

l don't believe what we have done.

l do.

The Giants are empty.

They're hollow and empty.

Like the Rockbiter's stones...

...and the pages of The Neverending Story.

l know what threatens Fantasia.

You have found its name?

lt's the Emptiness.

The Earthling knows about the Emptiness.

He's stronger than we thought.

Perhaps threatening him with Giants

isn't the way.

Time for a change of tactics.

What does the Emptiness look like?

How does it fight?

l think we're about to find out.

l wish for the doors to open!

l am Xayide.

This is my castle.

And the Giants?

They were mine.

But you have conquered them.

l admit defeat.

l have defeated you?

We.

That someone so young could be so clever.

You make everything empty.

l control all that is empty.

Just to control things,

you destroy stories and books?

l'm trying to bring order

to the chaos of Fantasia.

Am l wrong?

You certainly are! l demand that you free

the Childlike Empress!

-l can't.

-Why not?

l've isolated her forever.

You made the spell and you can undo it!

Not from here l can't.

So we'll go to the lvory Tower.

l will not leave my castle.

-You will.

-Out of the question.

Perhaps she feels it's a good day to die.

Do you?

You leave me no choice, my lord.

Bastian?

''As Mr. Koreander searched

for a book on courage...

''...Bastian picked up

The Neverending Story. ''

Mr. Koreander?

''lf the pages of The Neverending Story

were fading...

''...no one would read about Falkor,

or Atreyu...

''...or the Childlike Empress.

''Bastian was the only one

who could save Fantasia...

''...and all the stories in the world.

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