The pirate crew then threw open the window and came inside. Dastardly jumped down and smiled evilly.
Daphne, Rapunzel and Sisu bursted through the door and gasped in horror.
"Hello, Rapunzel..." Dastardly smirked.
Rapunzel gasped in shock, holding Daphne close to her.
"Let my brother go!" shrieked Daphne.
"Give it up, changelings!" Sisu ordered. "I know you ain't Dastardly or his crew!"
The changelings groaned and changed back to their true selves, expect Dastardly whose eyes glowed yellow and blue instead.
Sisu knew who it was.
"Zhan Tiri! I don't know how you got back to Never Land, but you made a mistake changing into Dastardly. And you'll never find the chosen one."
But Zhan Tiri frowned, her voice in Dastardly's growling.
"Do I look like a fool, Sisu? I will drain Never Land's happy, merry world and make it a nightmare come true!"
The changelings cackled along.
Daphne and Rapunzel charged in to save Elroy.
"You can't take him, you crook!" Daphne glared.
"Oh, I think we can, you brat." The muscle of the changelings smirked as he picked up Elroy before putting him in a sack.
"Elroy!" cried Daphne.
"Daphne!" screamed Elroy from inside the bag.
There were sirens outside which alerted everyone in the room.
"Curses!" snarled Zhan Tiri. "Bring her down! Hurry, boys!"
The fake Muttley grabbed the bag with Elroy inside and tossed it to the other changelings.
"Cast-off, you mangy dogs!" Zhan Tiri demanded.
One changeling soon steered the helm and they began to fly away from the home to go back to Never Land where they came from.
Rapunzel was devastated.
In the bomb shelter during another attack, Rapunzel paced as Daphne and Sisu sat on the bed.
"Who were those men?" Daphne asked.
Sisu shook her head. "Those weren't men. Those were changelings."
Sisu explained that the changelings were once thriving, colorful creatures, living in the grasslands until Zhan Tiri, the dark force of the island turned them into monsters who drain love out of innocent lives like a leech on your skin. She even mentioned that the changelings that replaced Dastardly's crew expect Namaari, Tong and Muttley were only trying to get him to give up hunting Flynn.
"But what happened with Dastardly after Twilight put a spell on him?" Rapunzel asked.
"I brought him to a place in Never Land where the Druun would never find him."
But Daphne didn't care about the tales, she wanted to get her little brother back.
"Daph, please" Rapunzel pleaded. "I know it's hard without your dad, but you have to believe."
"All right, Mom" sighed Daphne. "I'll try, but I can't see what you see."
"Just try."
"I'll try."
Sisu then changed into a dragon and scooped the girls onto her back.
"Hang on!" she roared with excitement.
The water dragon flew out of the bomb shelter, headed straight through the clouds, avoiding bombs and planes.
They reached the second star and memories began coming back to Rapunzel. She could hear the voices of those she and her brothers met during her last visit.
"I swear I'll get for this, Pan, if it's the last thing I do!"
"Rasm frasm!"
"It's a large bird".
"An ugly bird."
"Hi, I'm Sisu!"
"Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh…"
"We are the Northuldra."
"Hold on, Twili. Once you're all grown up, you can never come back."
Out of the mist, they finally entered the once bright and colorful atmosphere of Never Land, but it was now dark, grey and destroyed.
"I'm back, Eugene" gasped Rapunzel. "And I'm coming."
Daphne was mesmerized by the island. It was all real. "Jeepers."
She turned to her mother, who only smiled.
Just then, cannonballs were shot at them. Mother and daughter screamed with terror!
"What was that?" cried Daphne.
"The druun and they don't like humans outside Never Land!" Sisu answered with panic in her voice. "Hang on!"
The water dragon nosedived toward the island, but Daphne lost grip and fell off. She screamed as she fell into the ocean with a splash.
"DAPHNE!" Rapunzel screamed.
Suddenly a familiar boy dove after her, followed by a purple alicorn.
This struck Rapunzel's memories and watched patiently for them to emerge with only two words:
"Flynn? Twilight?"
Soon, a cannonball hit Sisu, knocking her and Rapunzel out of the sky!
Sisu and Rapunzel crashed into the swamp, scaring the Druun away.
"That was close" laughed Sisu, having changed to human.
"But what about Daphne?" asked Rapunzel nervously. "She's all alone and it's my fault."
"No, it's not. She will be fine, safe from the druun. I promise we'll get your kids home."
The two women smiled as they rose from the ground.
"So, Sisu" Rapunzel began. "Since I'm back in Never Land, do I still have the power of my hair glowing?"
Sisu shook her head. "No. I had to take it away cause when you thought Flynn died, your hair turned black and nearly drained the life out of the pirates and your friends."
Soon, a sad howl was heard.
The two women saw a sulking, crying Muttley pass by.
Then Namaari and Tong followed close until they bumped into the very young girl from a long time ago.
"Rapunzel?!" they gasped.
The young mother grinned nervously and waved.
"Uh… hi?"
As soon as the cannons died down, Flynn and Twilight emerged from the ocean with Daphne in tow.
"Don't worry, Raps" smiled Flynn. "I gotcha."
They flew away from Cannibal Cove to the new hideout, which was surrounded by a moat.
But when Flynn placed the girl to the ground, he realized that this girl wasn't Rapunzel, but a different girl.
Daphne stretched the water out of her night shirt and stared at Flynn with surprised eyes.
"Flynn…Pan?" she asked. "Twilight Sparkle?"
"Huh, you're sure not Rapunzel" Flynn frowned.
Twilight looked deeply into Daphne's eyes, finding some resemblance of Rapunzel in her. She smiled warmly, sensing it.
Daphne rolled her eyes. "Oh, I get it. I'm dreaming."
"If you're not Rapunzel, who are you?" Flynn asked.
"I'm her daughter, Daphne."
"No way! Rapunzel couldn't have. She's a kid like you."
"She grew up!"
This hit Flynn hard. He felt betrayed, but quickly picked up Daphne.
"So what?!" he cheered. "If you're her daughter, you're gonna love it once we restore this place! C'mon!"
He took off with Daphne holding on for dear life.
To be continued..