While Flynn and Rapunzel rescue Agnarr, Shaggy learns the tragic backstory of Captain Dastardly from Yelena the Northuldra leader.

This chapter would have explained how Dastardly came to Never Land long before Flynn. Similar to the recent 2023 Disney remake of Peter Pan and Wendy with Jude Law as Hook.


Shaggy was bored. The Lost Boys brought him to the Northuldra camp to wait for Flynn and Rapunzel come back with Agnarr and Princess Iduna.

"So, how did you guys come to Never Land?" Shaggy asked. "And like, how did Flynn meet Captain Dastardly?"

Everyone groaned at Shaggy's questions.

"Look, it's a very short story and it goes like this..." Angry began. "Flynn fought Captain Dastardly in a duel and he cut off his hand."

"Yes. Yes. Everyone knows that." scoffed Boun.

Shaggy couldn't help but ask more questions.

"How'd they meet? Why'd they start fighting in the first place?"

"Duh! Because he's a pirate." Boun said. "And Flynn is Flynn Pan."

"But surely, it can't be as simple as that." frowned Shaggy.

Ryder tried to calm the boys, but Yelena took Shaggy aside.

"You see, little one, Dastardly wasn't always Dastardly" she said to Shaggy. "I know and I was there."

"Like really?" gasped Shaggy.

"Yes, really. You see before Flynn came to Never Land, a group of hunters were looking for fairies and Dastardly was one of their hostages when he was a little boy."

Yelena continued on about Dastardly's first encounter with Twilight and the fairies, who helped him escape.

"But he didn't just leave Never Land" Yelena paused.

Shaggy didn't need her to finish. He knew what she was going to say. Dastardly hadn't just left Neverland….

"Twilight made him go," Shaggy said.

Yelena shook her head. "Not exactly. Twilight wanted to help Dastardly, all because he missed his… mother."

Shaggy thought of his own mother and the nights in the nursery when she had sung Rapunzel to sleep, the countless times she had kissed boo-boos and dried tears.

"But from what I heard from the spirits, he never made it home, the poor boy never saw his dear, sweet mama ever again."

Yelena continued on, explaining that Dastardly left Neverland and were lost at sea. Dastardly would have perished had he not been saved by Namaari, who came back for him with help.

"From then on, Dastardly was raised by pirates, taught to pillage and to kill. By and by, they made him their captain. And in turn, he brought them back to Never Land to find treasure."

The Lost Boys, having to hear Yelena, shared sad looks.

"And the rest was history."