The NeverEnding Story III Page #2

Oh, yeah.

They kidnapped me

and locked me in there to die!

Hey, Mr John, can't we discuss this?

I'm going to get you, Balthazar.

(The Nasties yell)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS)

Nicole!

The story really is still happening.

(BELL RINGS)

Gotcha!

(Screams)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)

(Gasps)

(Grunts)

Help! Take me back to Fantasia!

Come on! Hurry up!

Come on!

It's my story! Return to Fantasia!

Escape the Nasties!

(OMINOUS WHINING NOISE)

Where is he?

Where'd he go?

Find him!

(HAPPY, MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYS)

Wash up first!

There's a terrible

root rot going around.

Come and get it, sweetskins!

It's your favourite -

frog and lizard puree.

Don't bother me now, wench.

Can't you see

I'm observing the night sky?

(Mutters)

Same as yesterday

and the day before that.

OH!

(Engywook and Urgl scream and shout)

Aaaagh!

(Creatures hiss and screech)

Two months of root rot - I finally

get to sleep and now this!

Ow! Aaaagh!

(Engywook and Urgl grumble

and mutter angrily)

It serves you right for sticking

your foot in other people's potions!

If I was five feet taller I'd

show you a thing or two, young man!

Bastian?

Engywook?

Welcome back, me boy!

Ha! Engywook!

Sorry I wrecked your house.

I must've taken

a wrong turn... somewhere.

Ah, yes, well, inter-world travel

is a very imprecise science.

I wrote a paper

on that very subject, didn't I?

Yes, yes!

Alright!

It doesn't look so bad.

I can fix it.

When I get my hands on that slippery

weasel, I'm going to rock his world.

(Pushes over books)

Ah... Yo! Maybe he's hiding

in one of these books!

Yo, Balthazar!

(Chortles)

Did anybody check in there?

Yeah, just a pile of junk.

(HAUNTING, MAGICAL

MUSIC PLAYS)

(MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC PLAYS)

'The Neverending Story'.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Ah!

I don't believe I've read that.

I must put it

on my preferred reading list.

Why don't you put 'Learning to Read'

on your preferred list first?

Why you always dissing me, man?

Why don't you look

into the mirror and find out?

(The others snigger)

Shhhh!

"In order to escape the Nasties..."

The Nasties?

"...Bastian rushed inside the nearest

door of the school library."

(Gasps) The Nasties - that's us!

Now how can something

that's happening right now...

...be in this book?

It ain't possible!

"Slip, the leader of the Nasties,

exclaimed to the others,

"'How can something that's happening

right now be in this book?"'

Yo! I just said that.

(Grunts)

Yeah.

"'Yo! I just said that."'

That is so cool! Let me try.

OK! (Clears throat)

Um... the-the print's too small.

You know what it is?

Your brain is too small.

The print is fine.

"Safe at last

among his tiny little friends,

"Bastian settled in front

of the patched-up gnome hovel,

"chewing on the last tiny morsels

of a gnome-cooked meal.

"When he finished his account

"of what brought him

back to Fantasia,

"Engywook popped a fresh toothpick

in his nearly toothless mouth,

"shook his onion-sized bald head

and sighed to his human friend..."

That's quite a story, young man.

These Nasties

sound downright... nasty!

Are you finished

with your snake patties, dearie?

Snake patties?

Snake! Yeah, I'm finished.

(Laughs nervously)

Where exactly

is the book now, Bastian?

It is in a safe place, isn't it?

(DISTANT WOLF HOWLS

OMINOUSLY)

Well, uh...

"It's safe alright."

(Laughs)

I smell wood burning!

(Laughs)

Well, if Balthazar could make up

anything he wanted to happen

in Fantasia while he read this book,

maybe we could make

a few things happen to him...

...while he's there.

What are we waiting for?

Let's get NASTY!

(All shriek and whoop)

(VIOLENT ROCK MUSIC POUNDS)

What's this?

They said it'd be sunny today.

Oooh! I think I'll take

a raincheck here.

Whoa! Careful!

Watch the leaves, will ya?!

Ooooh!

(FIREBALLS WHOOSH

AND EXPLODE)

Hey, something's burning back here.

Oh, no, it's me!

Quick! Call the fire department!

Call anybody!

Get me some baking soda.

I'm kindling!

(Engywook moans)

Get up, you old fool!

Get inside! Get inside now!

Come on, you daft old bat!

I knew this would happen! I...

(FIREBALL ZAPS,

TIMBER CRASHES)

Yeeny macaroni!

(Urgl sobs)

Oh, my sainted aunt!

(Gasps and whimpers)

(FIREBALLS WHOOSH

AND CRACKLE)

Me frogs!

Me lizards!

Me food processor!

And me scientific experiments.

My life's work ruined!

(Puffs) Oh, my leaves!

My lovely leaves!

Get away! Leave me alone!

Autumn's just beginning

and I'm prematurely bald.

Help me, kid! I need a wig!

What about us?!

Um... ah...

Nest! Get in his nest!

BOTH:
No way!

Man...

...what can I do?

Ain't nothing you can do!

I'm the king. You're my slave!

The Nasties must have

'The Neverending Story'!

They're the ones

making this stuff happen.

Well, go back and stop them

before they destroy everything!

I can't get back without the book.

There is one other means

of inter-world transportation.

The Oran.

The Empress has the Oran

in the lvory Tower.

Onward to Silver City!

(MOANING AND GASPING SOUNDS)

(Faint voice) This is positively and

absolutely the last time I'm flying!

Falkor!

Huh? Bastian, is that you?

Falkor, land!

Land?!

I can't land down there.

I need a runway.

Come on, you can land anywhere.

You're a luck dragon!

A luck dragon, huh?

If I was a luck dragon

I'd be halfway to Vegas.

It's not a dragon.

It's an overgrown pink poodle.

Oh, no! I'm losing altitude!

Look out below!

(Shouts) Aaaaaaagh!

Look out!

(FRIGHTENING MUSIC)

Oh, I hate this part of the story!

(Screams) Aaaaaaaaagh!

(Blubbers and splutters)

(Squeals happily) Wee!

(SPLAT!)

Falkor!

(Groans)

(Squawks shrilly)

Ow! I think I've skinned my snout.

Falkor, you did great!

Ohh...

(Exclaims) Am I still in one piece?

We need a ride to Silver City

to see the Empress.

Not with me. I just came from there.

Everyone's acting crazy there too.

What about the lvory Tower?

Did the Nasty reach there too?

Yes, they did.

And the Empress?

I heard she escaped

to the Wandering Mountains.

That's where we must go!

Wait, that's just what I heard.

It could be just a rumour.

This is no weather

for mountain flying.

We'll have to chance it,

you pink wimp!

Bastian needs the power of the Oran

to get him back to the human world

so he can stop this thing

before it ruins us all!

Hurry up, let's go. Come on!

With my root rot, I'm walking!

(THUNDER CRACKS)

Come on, Barky!

Alright, alright!

I'm sitting in the middle.

You are not getting me up in the air

in that thing!

Not a chance!

(WONDROUS MUSIC PLAYS,

WIND RUSHES)

(Urgl shrieks)

Hang on, Barky, hang on.

Hang on to what?

There's no handles, no seat belts,

no in-flight catering.

I'm getting a stiff neck

from the draught.

We should have walked!

I... want to get down!

Oh, be quiet. Enjoy the view.

Well... you wanna know

what's next, Bastian?

First we're gonna take over

the Wandering Mountains

and then the Hidden Crystal Cave.

Then there'll be no place for you and

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