Read the book

Bastian sighed and tossed the large heavy book onto his bed. He didn't have time for this; he had to get to work on his next assignment. But as he sat in front of his computer again, he couldn't help but wonder what the book might have been about. Surely he had enough time to read a few pages, see what Mr. Koriander thought was so important about the dumb thing.

He flopped down on his bed and opened the cover of the book. It was quite thick; he picked a random page and read the first paragraph.

'Atreyu and Artax had searched the Silver Mountains, the Desert of Shattered Hopes, and the Crystal Towers without success. And so, there was only one chance left. To find Morla, the ancient one, the wisest being in Fantasia who's home was the Shell Mountain somewhere in the deadly Swamps of Sadness.'

Bastian paused, this seemed quite familiar. Maybe he had read this book before, that name, Atreyu, seemed like he had heard that somewhere else before. He flipped ahead further in the book.

He skimmed a few pages, getting the basic gist of the story. Atreyu was a boy warrior trying to save the land of Fantasia from some sort of **** known as the Nothing.

Bastian didn't understand why Mr. Koriander would have wanted him to have this. He was also had trouble understanding the plot. He skipped ahead further deciding to take one final look before going back to work.

'Bastian, why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?'

Bastian's eyes widened. He was in this story? He rationalized that this was why Koriander wanted to give him the book, because there was a character that shared his name.