The NeverEnding Story III Page #3

your little freaky friends to hide!

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

Someone's coming!

Ooh! Shouldn't we clean up first?

No. Leave it

for that numbskull janitor.

(Nasties shout)

Bastian, were we?

(EERIE MUSIC)

Bastian Balth!

(Hums a tune)

(Squawks)

Shush, will you?!

(Flaps wings and twitters)

Oh, I hate birds! (Hums)

(Squawks shrilly)

Mmm! (Stamps loudly)

(Mutters)

Go AWAY!

(Shrieks)

(Sings) I was born in the Rockies

made out of stone

I'm high like a mountain

and I love rock'n'roll.

(Snores)

Oh... Junior!

I said no more rocks before lunch!

I'm hungry.

Now, stop!

(Snorts) Did someone say,

"Rocks before lunch"?

Mmm. No!

(Sighs)

Honeykins, would you mind

going over to Wandering Mountains

and breaking off about a half

a pound of limestone for me, hmm?

For you, honeykins, anything.

Oh.

Mmm!

Mmm!

(Laughs) You still

turn my lips to lava!

(Chuckles)

Oh, go on now!

(Chuckles)

Oh, Dadda, me come too!

And don't forget

the sedimentary sauce!

I won't.

Junior? Oh, Junior!

(Hums)

Junior go buggy! (Laughs)

(Hums)

Dadda, me come too.

Pick up me, pick up me.

OK, Junior. Alright.

(Groans)

Strong like your dadda.

Help me.

(Chuckles)

Dadda, HELP ME.

You can do it. (Chuckles)

(Grunts)

Let's roll!

(Laughs)

OK, Junior, let's go shopping!

Yay, yay, yay!

(Sings) Get your motor running

Head out on the highway

Lookin' for adventure

In whatever comes our way

Yeah, darling, gonna make it happen

Take the world in a love embrace

Fire all of your guns at once

and explode into space

I like smoke and lightning

Heavy metal thunder...

Mmm? Mmm.

Racing with the wind...

Look, Dadda!

Bunny!

And the feeling that I'm under...

(BREAKS SCREECH)

(Gasps in terror)

Yeah, darling, gonna make it happen

Take the world in a love embrace

Fire all of your guns at once

and explode into space

Like a true nature's child

We were born, born to be wild

We can climb so high

I never... want to die.

(MAGICAL, RIPPLING HARP MUSIC)

(SWEET MELOD Y PLAYS)

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Oh, what now? I have a visitor?

ECHOING MALE VOICE: Visitor!

Visitor!

A visitor?

Hurry, open the door!

Empress! Oh-oh,

I-I-I... alright. (Shudders)

Come in.

Empress, what an honour!

What an honour!

It's so nice to have company.

This isn't a social call, Old Man.

A terrible plague

has overrun the Silver City.

I was driven from the lvory Tower

by a force so powerful...

...even the Oran couldn't stop it.

Fortunately, I was able to, hmm,

butt us through to the secret tunnel

for our escape.

Well... that's using your head.

Mmm...

It's no time for cheap head jokes.

We must do something.

What does the Great Book say?

This evil force

is known as the Nasty

and comes from the human world.

The human world?

So that's why

Oran has no effect on it!

But how's it controlling Fantasia?

Alas, I'm afraid the Nasty humans

now possess 'The Neverending Story'.

(POP MUSIC)

Well, then, get out of here! It's $5!

Yeah, alright!

You must go there.

I'll use the Oran's powers

to wish you there immediately.

No. (Stammers) Hold it, hold it.

Mmm?

(Stammers)

My dear Royal Empress of all that is

wonderful and imaginative...

...what you need

is a special young human,

a voracious reader

of great imagination

and extraordinary courage.

That's what it says

in the Great Book.

Here.

Hmm...

I shall call on the Oran.

Oh, great Oran,

bring me the human hero who will

save Fantasia from the Nasty.

(THUNDERING SOUNDS,

MAGICAL MUSIC)

Bastian!

Oh, show some respect, will ya?!

It's freezing in here.

But it's a lot safer!

Oh, yeah! I hope those stalactites

are screwed in tight!

Uh? Yeah.

Ooh, ooh! My beloved Empress!

I was so worried

I caught the first flight...

Shh! Quiet!

Empress, how are you?

Not well.

But the Oran has brought me a hero

to save Fantasia.

Excuse me, your Royal Highness.

May I make a humble

little interjection here?

Quiet, gnome! There's no time!

The Nasty's on its way here!

Soon, we could be

at each other's throats.

Good! Why not start now?

(Screeches)

Stop! We must not

give in to the Nasty!

Let the gnome speak.

This better be good!

Bastian's heart is strong.

But he's not exactly

Arnold Schwarzenegger

in the muscle department, is he?

No!

Shut up!

The Oran can provide the transport.

But when he gets back

to the human world

how's he going to

get the book away from these thugs?

The gnome is right.

Told ya.

You will take the Oran with you.

You shall wish yourself

back to the human world,

then use the Oran's power to return

the book to the Keeper's safe hands.

But... you must only use it

to stop the Nasty.

Then you must return it to me.

Back, back, back. Get back!

Give the boy wishing room.

Here goes.

(MAGICAL, SPINE-CHILLING MUSIC)

Oh, kid!

If you want to travel

back to another world, Bastian,

you'll have to wish harder than that!

I can't.

If the kid wishes any harder

he'll break his wishbone!

Hey, don't go too far, Junior.

(Chuckles)

Come on! What's the big deal?

Time for me to lend him

a helping branch.

Here, grab a twig.

Come on, grab his ear, Bastian.

Ohh, Bastian! Hi, Dadda.

Junior, come back!

Oh! It's Junior.

Me play too. (Laughs)

BARKY:
Hold tight! Hold the branch.

(Junior whimpers)

ENG YWOOK:
Be careful!

Dadda!

Oh, me toes!

(Voice echoes) Dadda, help me!

But they've all gone!

Ah! There's been

a wish overload, you see.

Don't worry, my tasty

little toadstool, we're safe.

You see, we and the others

weren't making physical contact.

Aaaagh!

(LOUD ROARING NOISE)

Ah! Oooh!

(Laughs loudly)

Your body's gone!

Well, your body went years ago!

What the?! (Exclaims)

(Laughs)

(Screams)

(Shrieks)

No. This must not happen.

(Fantasians cry faintly)

Fantasians, come back.

(All wail and cry)

They're lost, Old Man.

Help me. What do I do?

Oh, Empress, I'm a mere chronicler.

What can I do?

Bastian, can you hear me?

(Cries out)

I have something

of great importance to tell you!

The book! (Pants)

I wish 'The Neverending Story' would

leave the Nasties and return here...

No, Bastian, stop!

(MAGICAL TINKLING SOUND)

Empress?

The Fantasians who helped you

got caught in a wish overload

and are there with you

in the human world.

You mustn't use the Oran's powers

to stop the Nasty.

Why not?

Because the new Fantasia

that follows will be different.

It won't include them.

It's my imagination. I'll just... make

sure they're in the new Fantasia.

No, Bastian. You must find them.

Bring them all together

and bring them back to Fantasia

before you return the book

to the Keeper.

Or they will be lost forever.

(Sighs)

OK.

(Sniffs) I'm really gonna miss

the old school!

What's new? You've been

missing school for five years!

Yo, check this out.

"Bastian always wanted

a sister or brother

"to share his dreams and secrets.

"Now, at last, he would have one."

Only problem is,

he's stuck in Fantasia.

Maybe we'll let him

send her a postcard!

Balthazar!

He's back!

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