<P> Atreyu and Falkor flee before the Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle . In flight , Atreyu is knocked from Falkor 's back into the Sea of Possibilities , losing the Auryn in the process . He wakes on the shore of the abandoned ruins , where he meets Rock Biter , who laments the loss of his friends . Atreyu finds a series of paintings depicting his quest . Gmork reveals himself , having been lying in wait and explains that Fantasia represents humanity 's imagination , and that the Nothing represents adult apathy and cynicism against it . Atreyu fends off and kills Gmork as the Nothing begins to consume the ruins . Falkor , who had managed to locate the Auryn , rescues Atreyu in time . The two find themselves in a void with only small fragments of Fantasia remaining , and fear they have failed when they spot the Empress 's Ivory Tower among the fragments . Inside , Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress , but she assures him he has succeeded in bringing to her a human child who has been following his quest : Bastian . She further explains that , just as Bastian is following Atreyu 's story , `` others '' are following Bastian 's , making this part of the neverending story . As the Nothing begins to consume the Tower , the Empress pleads directly to Bastian to call out her new name , but in amazement that he himself has been incorporated into the story as the child they were looking for , he denies the events as just being a story and Atreyu dies . Bastian runs to the window and calls out the name he had selected into the storm ( Moonchild ) , and loses consciousness . </P>
<P> Atreyu and Falkor flee before the Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle . In flight , Atreyu is knocked from Falkor 's back into the Sea of Possibilities , losing the Auryn in the process . He wakes on the shore of the abandoned ruins , where he meets Rock Biter , who laments the loss of his friends . Atreyu finds a series of paintings depicting his quest . Gmork reveals himself , having been lying in wait and explains that Fantasia represents humanity 's imagination , and that the Nothing represents adult apathy and cynicism against it . Atreyu fends off and kills Gmork as the Nothing begins to consume the ruins . Falkor , who had managed to locate the Auryn , rescues Atreyu in time . The two find themselves in a void with only small fragments of Fantasia remaining , and fear they have failed when they spot the Empress 's Ivory Tower among the fragments . Inside , Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress , but she assures him he has succeeded in bringing to her a human child who has been following his quest : Bastian . She further explains that , just as Bastian is following Atreyu 's story , `` others '' are following Bastian 's , making this part of the neverending story . As the Nothing begins to consume the Tower , the Empress pleads directly to Bastian to call out her new name , but in amazement that he himself has been incorporated into the story as the child they were looking for , he denies the events as just being a story and Atreyu dies . Bastian runs to the window and calls out the name he had selected into the storm ( Moonchild ) , and loses consciousness . </P>
what is the name bastian gives the empress
what is the name bastian gives the empress
Moonchild
Moonchild