The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter

Bastian's Father:
[reading that Bastian has mounted and attempted to direct Artax] My son on a horse? He can't ride a horse!

Koreander:
[spotting Bastian with the book] Put it back! [Bastian jumps and ends up slamming the book shut] That book has too much on you.

Bastian Bux:
But it's "The NeverEnding Story." I've already read it.

Koreander:
Ahh, but have you ever read a book twice? Books change each time you read them.

Atreyu:
Now's your chance. Go!

Bastian Bux:
[referring to the giants] But what about them?

Atreyu:
It's a good day to die.

Bastian Bux:
Please don't say that.

Bastian Bux:
Atreyu, get real.

Atreyu:
But I am real. What do you mean by "getting real?"

Bastian Bux:
Nothing. It's a joke.

Atreyu:
Being real is a joke in your world?

Bastian's Father:
[Koreander's address, which he claims he found in the book's jacket, can now be found by neither of them] I'm an engineer. I see what I see when I see it.

Koreander:
Well, that's an interesting concept.

Bastian's Father:
My son has been missing since last night.

Koreander:
[takes the book in his hand] That's pretty heavy reading for a boy. Maybe you'll find an explanation for your son's disappearance *inside*.

Bastian Bux:
[holds up a hand] Give me five.

Atreyu:
Five what?

Bastian Bux:
Forget it.

Atreyu:
Bastian made a wish, didn't he?

Falkor:
He gave up a very special memory.

Atreyu:
[to Bastian] Your mother would've been proud.

Bastian Bux:
[confused] Who?

Atreyu:
Falkor, you shouldn't have let him!

Bastian Bux:
All right, Xayide. I will make my last wish. I wish... for you to have a heart!

Trainer:
[Bastian won't jump off the high diving board] What's the matter?

Bastian Bux:
I've got a cramp.

Trainer:
High wimp factor, Bastian.

Bastian Bux:
You going out tonight?

Bastian's Father:
Yeah, uh, technical sales staff seminar. Listen...

Bastian Bux:
[sarcastically] Is Miss Station Wagon going to pick you up again?

Bastian's Father:
Why do you say that?

Bastian Bux:
[hesitates] The tie.

Bastian's Father:
Oh, uh, yeah. Well, dressing is common courtesy, Bastian. I mean I - something you ought to learn, by the way. Look at that old rag you're wearing.

Bastian Bux:
[feeling hurt from what he said] I like it!

Bastian's Father:
Well, I don't.

Bastian Bux:
Mom made it.

[His father stares at him]

Bastian Bux:
[looking sad] You don't remember, do you?

[a car horn is heard]

Bastian's Father:
Gotta go.

[His father quickly leaves]

Bastian's Mother:
[Nimbly is viewing a memory that Bastian just lost] Don't be afraid, Bastian. We are all a part of a never ending story.

Bastian Bux:
We are? Even when we die?

Bastian's Mother:
Yes, Bastian. We are.

Nimbly:
[on the verge of tears] That's good to know.

Atreyu:
We need weapons.

Bastian Bux:
I wish for... a spray can!

[a can appears in his hand]

Atreyu:
That's a weapon in your world?

Bastian Bux:
Yeah. People use it against walls.

Atreyu:
Those walls must be dangerous.

Rockbiter:
Junior, when are you ever going to learn the difference between a rock and a nose?

Bastian Bux:
I wish for the most horrifying flying dragon in the history of Fantasia! [as he's speaking, the dragon slowly appears behind him] I wish him to be red. No, no, green! I wish he can fly as fast as the concord and stink so bad that he makes us sick. And he breathes fire. I'll call him Smurg.

Nimbly:
Maybe you should wish for some modifications.

Bastian Bux:
[turns around and sees the dragon] Oh, no!

Xayide:
[watching from her castle] Oh, yes!

The Childlike Empress:
You have found the only wish powerful enough to save us, Bastian. The emptiness cannot be destroyed; it had to be filled with love.

Bastian Bux:
[takes off the Auryn and gives it to her] And Auryn?

The Childlike Empress:
Is only a mirror of what's inside of you, Bastian. Courage comes from the heart; not from symbols.

Bastian Bux:
You saved my life, Atreyu.

Atreyu:
Yes. But you would have done the same for me.

Bastian Bux:
[after a pause] Sure.

Bastian Bux:
Mr. Koreander?

Koreander:
Huh?

Bastian Bux:
Do you carry how-to books?

Koreander:
How-to books? Does this place look like a supermarket? If you want advice on how to buy real estate or housebreak your goldfish, go to the video store down the street.

Mudwart:
You've just taught some giants how to swim, earthling.

Bastian Bux:
[after the dragon has escaped] What are we gonna do?

Atreyu:
Chase it!

Falkor:
Chase? Did somebody say chase?

Bastian Bux:
Falkor, look! The castle that looks like a hand!

Falkor:
A very mean hand.

Bastian Bux:
[when Smerg is hit by an fire arrow from Horok] Smerg got zapped!

Rockbiter Junior:
[holds up a rock] Is that yum-yum rockie?

Xayide:
[watching the Ivory Tower, thinks] You're fighting a losing battle, Childlike Empress. Soon, your slick little castle will be as dark as mine.

Bastian's Father:
Do you know Bastian Bux?

Koreander:
Do you ever know anybody?

Rockbiter:
Bastian, in your world, if the Neverending Story is fading, no child will ever know about Junior.

Atreyu:
They will never ride the prairie with me?

Falkor:
And they'll never ride through the clouds with me?

Rockbiter:
If humans forget about us, nobody will think of fun things for Junior to do.

Bastian Bux:
NO!

[Bastian goes silent for a few seconds]

Bastian Bux:
We won't let that happen.

Atreyu:
[as they reach the castle] Do you remember what to say?

Bastian Bux:
Yeah.

Atreyu:
Make it loud.

Bastian Bux:
[quietly] The Earthling, Bastian Balthazar Bux, and Atreyu, the warrior from the Great Plains...

Atreyu:
[curiously] Is that what you call 'loud' in your world?

Bastian Bux:
[shouts louder] The Earthling, Bastian Balthazar Bux, and Atreyu, the warrior from the Great Plains, demand to see the master of this castle!

Atreyu:
That should get somebody's attention.

[huge rumbling occurs]

Bastian Bux:
Guess whose? Atreyu, they make strong in Fantasia, don't they?

Bastian Bux:
[after trying to talk to giants] I like to read... you're probably not to interested in the subject. You probably hate books!

[runs for his life]

Bastian Bux:
[climbing up the castle wall] I wish for another step! And another one! And another!

Xayide:
[Bastian goes to talk to Atreyu outside the balloon] Don't be long, Bastian! You will catch a cold!

Bastian Bux:
I can tell when someone lies to me.

Atreyu:
And I can tell when someone is up to no good.

Falkor:
Well, from what you tell me, the Emptiness has found its way into Bastian's head.

Atreyu:
It's Auryn, isn't it? It works differently with humans than with us.

Falkor:
Because humans need memories.

Atreyu:
[goes stunned] So what I saw... was a memory!

Bastian Bux:
Thief!

Atreyu:
I've come to warn you!

Bastian Bux:
Liar!

Atreyu:
Don't you EVER say that to me!

Bastian Bux:
But it's the truth! You're jealous because I have Auryn and you've come to take it away from me!

Atreyu:
No, I have not!

Bastian Bux:
I overheard you talking to Falkor, so don't even try to make excuses!

Atreyu:
You've gone mad, Bastian! Give me Auryn!

Bastian Bux:
[holds it] She wants ME to have it. You don't understand nothing. Why don't you just go back and play with your buffaloes, country boy!

Atreyu:
Why don't you go back and play hero in your own world, Earthling!

[he pauses]

Atreyu:
Bastian, every time you use Auryn, you lose one of your memories. Xayide has a - a machine that collects them.

Bastian Bux:
[in disbelief] I would've seen it! I've been in the...

Atreyu:
I have seen it - it is in the roof of the Xobile. A few more wishes, and the Emptiness will possess you! Now, give me Auryn before it's too late.

Bastian Bux:
Take it if you can.

[Atreyn and Bastian get in a severe struggle until Bastian pushes Atreyn down to the ground, Bastian sees this in shock]

Bastian Bux:
YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF!

Nimbly:
[after Bastian leaves to get to Falkor] Who told the boy?

Tri Face:
It's all Nimbly's fault! He's always hanging around the machine!

Nimbly:
[sarcastically] Oh, thanks for nothing! It's always nice to have someone you can count on!

Xayide:
I do the counting around here.

[Nimbly squawks at Tri Face in anger]

Tri Face:
No, it's your fault!

Xayide:
One...

[Bastian gets ready to jump the cliff with Artax]

Xayide:
...two...

[she rises her hand and unleashes energy]

Xayide:
...THREE!

[she sends her energy at Bastian making him fall in the raging river]

Xayide:
It's time.

Nimbly:
[quietly, to himself as he looks at the machine] Time to choose sides...

[Xayide looks into Bastian's memory, she sees a window get broken]

Bastian Bux:
The window got broke! I didn't do it!

Bastian's Father:
Do lie to me!

[she then sees Bastian's father leave]

Bastian Bux:
You promised to take me swimming! You promised!

Bastian's Father:
Something's come up.

Bastian Bux:
I HATE YOU!

Xayide:
[thinking] So that's what humans remember.

Nimbly:
[quietly, to himself] That's a memory Bastian has lost.

[Nimbly makes sounds to wake Bastian up, Bastian wakes up and gasps seeing him]

Nimbly:
Wait, Mr. Bastian, wait! I'm not going to hurt you! I've come to help you.

Bastian Bux:
[pants] You don't give up, do you? You expect me to believe you?

Nimbly:
Yes, Mr. Bastian, you have to. I saw... one of your memories... and it made me feel something. I learned that we're all part of a never-ending story. Bastian, try to remember it. Unless you stop Xayide, the story will end. That's why I'm here.

Bastian Bux:
Tell me where I can find Falkor.

Nimbly:
At the Silver City, but you won't like what you see.

Bastian Bux:
[goes lost for words] How do I get there?

Nimbly:
Behind those rocks, you find a path through the mountains. One the other side, keep the sun on your back; follow your shadow for half a day. Don't turn round, the Emptiness will be on your heels.

Bastian Bux:
Come with me.

Nimbly:
[nervously] I got the part of a spy in the story, Mr. Bastian. And he who spies and flies away lives to spy another day.

[Nimbly goes still then flies off]

Nimbly:
Hurry, Mr. Bastian! Keep the sun on your back!

[Bastian's father sees Mr. Koreander's bookstore completely barren]

Bastian's Father:
[to a policeman, furiously] There was no "For Sale" sign this morning!

[he bangs on the door in fury]

Bastian's Father:
This is one sophisticated operation, I'm telling you. This morning, this place was filled with books - wall to wall!

[the policeman looks inside]

Police Officer:
Looks like there hasn't been a bookstore here for a long time. Are you sure this is the right address.

Bastian's Father:
I am not the kind of person to make things up! Look, I'm an engineer, all right! What I see is what I see... when I...

[he goes lost for words]

Police Officer:
[leaves] We'll do what we can, Mr. Bux.

[Bastian's father goes puzzled]

Atreyu:
Is Bastian's so clever, why can't he see what's happening to him?

Falkor:
Bastian is losing himself with every wish.

Atreyu:
He must be stopped, or Fantasia is lost!

[Bastian, who is invisible, quietly approaches them]

Atreyu:
I'll take Auryn away from him - by force if necessary. He can't be allowed to make one more wish. I'll have to do it tonight. Tomorrow we might all be prisoners of Xayide.

[Bastian quickly leaves]

Falkor:
Now, Atreyu, don't go to him in anger; go and warn him. He's your friend, is he?

Atreyu:
You're right. He is my friend.

[Falkor smiles]