On the pirate ship, the pirates were smiling evilly and surrounded Rapunzel, Agnarr, Iduna, Shaggy and the Lost Boys.
Captain Dastardly soon approached the children with Muttley beside him, all dressed in reds and blacks. He seemed better now after Muttley woke him up.
"Hello, children" he spoke softly but menacingly. "I hope you had a nice boat ride. I do apologize for that minor interruption."
The boys were worried but Rapunzel and Iduna turned away. They hoped that Flynn would save them.
"Whoa, like, what do you want from us?" asked Shaggy.
"A special offer to join the life of a thief" Dastardly replied. "I promise you'll be rewarded with treasure by the ton."
"If not?" peeped Luca.
"If not, you'll go one by one off the end of the plank."
The Lost Boys shrieked and struggled to get away, but were held back by the ropes that held them to the mast.
"The choice is up to you" continued Dastardly.
Lefou untied the children from the mast, but no one moved.
"Well? Go!" commanded Dastardly.
The Lost Boys were about to answer when Iduna spoke up.
"We will never join your crew" she said.
"Yeah! Flynn Pan will save us!" Rapunzel cried out.
"Flynn Pan will save them" mocked Gaston.
The pirates laughed loudly and cruelly.
Dastardly shook his head and placed a gentle hand under Elsa's chin.
"I'm sorry, my dear, but Pan won't be coming back" he whispered.
Rapunzel was confused.
"Sadly, the boy drank so much that he's dropped dead."
"What kind...?" frowned Iduna.
"Poison."
Rapunzel gasped, cupping her mouth and tears filled her eyes.
She ran onto the plank and toward the end.
"Raps, no!" cried Shaggy.
Dastardly then turned to the boys.
But Agnarr frowned and crossed his arms. The Lost Boys circled around Shaggy, who was trembling. They did not want to join the crew.
"As you wish" Dastardly said.
Iduna tried to place a gentle hand on her, but Rapunzel's blonde hair suddenly turned black and her eyes turned black. The entire ship started to decay, much to Sisu's horror.
The pirates started falling down on their knees, then the Lost Boys, then Agnarr, Iduna and Shaggy.
"She has powers?!" gasped Tong.
Namaari was shocked the most. She would know where Rapunzel's new found magic came from.
"Sisu..." she whispered.
"Okay, Rapunzel, it's okay" Iduna tried to call out, but she was too weak.
Dastardly was the last person to fall on his knees.
"Please, stop!" pleaded the pirate captain.
But the little girl was hypnotized from the power and began singing darkly.
"Wither and decay
"End this destiny
"Break these earthly chains
"Set the spirit free
"The spirit free."
Sisu climbed up and touched Rapunzel's head. The dark magic removed itself from the tiny girl and into a droplet.
The water dragon swirled around the ocean, the droplet forming a series of visions flashing over the pirate ship.
The Lost Boys and the pirates could only watch in fear as they saw changelings and the Druun invading Neverland, another water dragon roaring in anger, an unidentified young alicorn changing into a full grown adult and a young girl processed with powers.
Soon in a flash, Sisu and the visions disappeared and the recovered Rapunzel fell off the plank, screaming.
The pirates placed their hands over their ears, listening, straining to hear the splash...
Tong and Namaari looked away, not wanting to see Rapunzel splash into the ocean...
Nothing happened.
The pirates were staring at the ocean, their mouths hanging open.
"No splash" gasped Dastardly. "Not a sound."
Down below the ship, Flynn had Rapunzel in his arms. He had arrived just in time to save her before she splashed into the ocean.
As the pirates murmured quietly, Flynn flew Rapunzel over to the crow's nest. Dastardly just assumed Sisu devoured her and chuckled.
"The irony; she comes for Dastardly and gets a cursed brat" he said.
Then a voice appeared out of nowhere, jumping the daylights out of Dastardly.
"She's not dead, Dastardly! This time, you've gone too far!"
It was Flynn, alive and standing his ground.
The Lost Boys cheered.
"It's Flynn!" they cried.
"And Rapunzel" smiled Iduna.
Dastardly was furious. His plan failed.
How many times must I kill this brat? he thought to himself.
"It can't be!" gasped Hans.
"Impossible" the triplet cats chimed in.
"He's here to kill us!" panicked Lefou.
Flynn slowly pulled out his dagger.
"You let them go" he shouted to the captain. "They have nothing to do with this! I'm the one you want!"
"I swear, boy, I'll run you through!" growled Dastardly, pulling his sword out.
Flynn flew down and a sword fight proceeded between the two enemies until Dastardly tried to ram his hook into Flynn, but got it stuck in the mast."
"Drat!" Dastardly cursed. "Drat this hook!"
The Lost Boys gathered weapons to defend themselves while Shaggy panicked.
"You guys fight, okay?" he whimpered. "I'll guard the treasure."
"SHAGGY!"
Shaggy moaned in disappointment.
"Don't stand there, you morons!" shouted Dastardly. "Get those little brats!"
All the pirates fought the boys with all their might, but they were quickly losing.
Shaggy finally pulled a sword from one of the unconscious Stabbington Brothers and charged at Tin, Pan and Alley.
"He's got a sword!" shrieked Pan. "Yep. Definitely, a sword."
Alley hid behind his brothers as Shaggy fearlessly swung his weapon.
Tin hissed with anger. "What?! You lunkheads! We've all got swords!"
The cats grinned as they pulled out their swords.
Chuckling nervously, Shaggy slowly dropped the sword and ran off screaming: "ZOINKS!"
Twilight fished out the droplet from the ocean and gasped.
"Celestia must know about this" she said to herself.
Soon, she saw Dastardly still struggling to pull his hook out.
The alicorn used her magic to push the captain out of the jam.
Muttley was going through a bag of weapons, only for Iduna catch him red handed.
"Ah-ah-ah!" she scolded.
The canine whimpered, his ears dropping.
"Uh-oh."
The fight continued between pirates and Lost Boys.
Flynn did a somersault in the air and landing on Dastardly.
Twilight winced in pain, her hoof rubbing the back of her head.
"Hey, Flynn!" she called out. "Don't kill us both!"
"I'm sorry, Twili" Flynn replied.
Up in the crow's nest, Rapunzel couldn't stand the fighting between the pirates and the boys.
She came down and joined the fight, but she had no weapon.
Suddenly, Tong came running with an axe in his hand, ready to attack.
"Down, you blackguard!" ordered Agnarr.
The large man threw his axe. The weapon went flying into the air and cut the rigging, falling on top of the other pirates.
They suddenly reverted into a hive of badly dazed changelings.
Twilight gasped and glared at Gaston, the only one who remained.
"You can't defeat me!" he bellowed, advancing on Shaggy.
Namaari tossed one of her knives.
"Here, catch!"
The knife went flying into the air and landed in Shaggy's hand.
Excited, Shaggy aimed the knife at Gaston.
"No! No! Please don't hurt me!" the bulky man wailed. "I'll do anything. Anything!"
Shaggy, however, cornered Gaston, making him walk the plank. He fell with a splash, revealing his true changeling form.
The pirates were defeated.
"Hooray for Shaggy!" cheered Agnarr.
"Shaggy, Shaggy, Shaggy!" chanted the Lost Boys.
Iduna, who held Muttley hostage, saw everything then stared at Tong and Namaari who stood beside the mast.
"Thank you" she said softly. "But... aren't you two supposed to fight and capture us?"
"Nah, I never liked this job anyway" Tong said with a grin.
The children chuckled in disbelief as Tong ran to the lifeboats with a hearty chuckle.
Namaari only smiled warmly and grabbed Muttley by the collar.
"Now… we fix everything" she said.
"Tong and I knew most of the crew were captured and replaced long ago. All expect Tong, Muttley, the captain and me. We must give up piracy to help the island from changelings and the Druun."
Then Namaari dragged the grumbling Muttley to the lifeboat with Tong.
Flynn was flying around, cheering for the pirates' defeat but heard Dastardly yelling in anger.
"You coward!" Dastardly snarled.
"I'm not a coward!" Flynn protested. "I'll fight you man-to-man if I have to with one hand behind my back!"
Flynn landed in front of the pirate, fearlessly facing him.
"If you fight me, you won't fly?" Dastardly frowned, cocking an eyebrow.
Rapunzel, Iduna and the boys panicked with fear. They knew it was a trick, but they didn't know that Flynn was bluffing.
"I give my word, Dastardly" Flynn answered.
"Good!" chuckled Dastardly.
The two fought all over the ship's deck with Flynn on the ground, doing backflips to dodge the blade. It wasn't until Flynn knocked the sword out of Dastardly's hand.
"This must stop" the boy demanded.
The children cheered and danced around. Sisu splashed around in the water, happy as a clam.
Dastardly was speechless, but was angry with Flynn.
"Are you going to cut off my hand like you did with the other?" he asked foolishly.
"I'm tired of trying to tell you the truth."
"You wouldn't do in old Dastardly now. Would you, lad? Please, I'll go away forever."
The two glared at each other as if they were having staring contest, their eyes locked onto each other until Flynn lowered his dagger.
"All right, Dastardly" he said. "You're free to go and never return."
Flynn crowed with joy.
But Dastardly slowly came up behind Flynn as the boy landed on the ground...
"Flynn, look out!" shrieked Rapunzel.
Hearing Rapunzel's scream, Flynn jumped out of the way, causing Dastardly to lose his balance, roll across the plank and fell into the ocean.
Twilight and Sisu were concerned and they went after the captain.
Suddenly, Dastardly resurfaced to the surface and splashed frantically.
"Muttley!" he screamed. "Do something!"
Sisu pinned Dastardly to a rock. The pirate tried to struggle, but a burst of magic emerged from Twilight. Her power was so strong that Dastardly fell asleep.
The children were surprised as Twilight hovered Dastardly toward Sisu.
"The battle may be over, but there will be a war coming" Sisu said to the group.
"And if everything in the vision comes true, Neverland will be saved. But someone has to take the first step. And the someone will lie within you, Rapunzel Darling of London."
Rapunzel was about to ask when Sisu picked up the unconscious Dastardly in her teeth and carried him away from the ship, into the sunset. Tong's lifeboat followed them close behind.
The children and Lost Boys cheered. They've won!
Flynn came out, wearing a spare hat of Dastardly's.
"Hooray for Captain Pan!"
Smiling, Flynn started giving orders.
"All right, guys! We're casting off!"
Rapunzel came up to Flynn.
"Eugene- I mean Captain Pan" she said. "Could you tell us where we're sailing off to?"
"To London" said Flynn with a bow.
Rapunzel smiled. She and her brothers were going home. But she looked over the island where she saw Sisu carry Dastardly to the island.
Twilight placed a hoof over Rapunzel's shoulder, assuring her that Dastardly will be alright.
The two stared at each other, with forgiving grins and then they hugged.
Iduna and Agnarr held hands, realizing they were meant to be together.
"Aren't you supposed to return to-—" Agnarr began before Iduna shushed him.
"My tribe will understand" she replied. "I am yours until the end of time. Yelena made it official."
Agnarr blushed red. How was he gonna tell his parents?
After a moment, Twilight flew over to Flynn's side.
"Iduna, set the sails" Flynn ordered. "Lost Boys, hoist the anchor!"
Excited, the Lost Boys did as they were told, even Iduna helped set the main sails.
Flynn then turned to Twilight.
"You know what to do, Twili" he smiled.
The alicorn nodded and sprinkled pixie dust all over the ship.
"Pixie dust away!" she shouted.
The Jolly Rodger suddenly rose into the air and flew toward the skies of Never Land.
After sprinkling her magic, Twilight sat beside Rapunzel.
On the island, Sisu watched as the ship flew over, then stared at the unconscious captain in her arms.
She knew. Change will come to Neverland someday.
Soon, she smiled and ran off to her home.
To be continued…
Now in the vision, something will happen. Any theories? Ideas of what might happen?