The Greatest Secret
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly
A/N: From here, you'll most likely see the end of the Christmas episode, but it'll be a tad different. You shall see, my good reader. Read on.
Chapter 94 (Back to Normal)
Freddie moaned and rubbed his forehead, his head was pounding. He pushed himself off of the floor and looked around, somehow he was in his own room again. The comforter was lying on the floor as it had been when he threw it once before, his clothing was even back to normal. He didn't understand what had happened, wasn't he just lying unconscious in Lisa's yard? Wasn't Sam just calling out his name?
"Sam!" Freddie quickly stood up and exited his room. He ran into the living room and found everything clean and in order. Making sure there was no cat around to claw his leg up, he surveyed the floor. He wondered if what he had experienced was a dream. He looked to his leg and saw claw marks, it must not have been a dream. That meant it was all real. He spotted what seemed to be Sam sitting on the couch. "Sam?" She turned around and smiled at Freddie.
"Oh Freddie, how are you?" Sam asked with a bright smile.
"Thank god! Wait, you are my fiancé and we're going to get married when we're twenty, right?"
"Uh…yes." Sam chuckled nervously, unsure of what to make of her boyfriend's sudden question. Freddie cheered and quickly ran to embrace Sam in his arms. He kissed her lips with passion and pulled back, smiling at her. She shook her head out of her daze and raised her eyebrow. "Okay, I'm confused, what just happened to you? Should I call Emily from the kitchen?" Emily was alive and well, that was perfect.
"Yeah, what's wrong with you?" It was Jonah's voice. Freddie looked over to see Jonah and Valerie standing next to the Christmas tree in the room. Valerie didn't appear to have a scratch on her and Jonah was actually out of jail. Freddie ran over to them and hugged them tightly, which confused them both.
"Yes! You two are together. Valerie's not abused and Jonah, you're out of Juvie!" Valerie and Jonah raised their eyebrows and looked toward each other. Jonah chuckled and placed his hands on Freddie's shoulders, looking into his friend's eyes.
"Juvie? What are you talking about? Freddie, are you okay? What's this about Valerie being abused? I'll kill the person that puts a single bruise on her." Freddie chuckled and made a mental note never to tell Jonah that part of the adventure.
"I don't doubt that, but I also know you wouldn't ever resort to murder." Freddie had to check, he just had to make sure that Carly and Spencer were in the right place. Of course, he was sure they were, especially considering everyone else seemed fine. Sam put a piece of chocolate in her mouth and walked over to Freddie. She lifted her hand up and felt of his temperature.
"Are you sure you're doing all right? It doesn't feel like you have a fever or anything."
"No, I'm fine Sam." Freddie wrapped his arms around Sam's waist and gently kissed her lips. "I'm just fine."
"I don't know, you're acting pretty weird," Valerie said while shaking her head. Freddie looked over to Valerie and smirked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I tried to explain." Jonah chuckled and crossed his arms, smirking at Freddie.
"Maybe the flashlight costume did something to him, who knows." Sam rolled her eyes and smiled as she hugged Freddie tighter.
"Hey Freddie, Spencer called me up," Sam said with a quiet voice. Spencer called her, that was something Freddie enjoyed knowing. "He said he couldn't reach you and asked that I contact you. He wants us to help him remove that metal tree."
"Okay, let's go over there then." Sam nodded and looked to Valerie and Jonah.
"Hey, we'll see you guys in a little while."
"Sure, but let me know if I need to shake Freddie into his normal self," Jonah joked while patting Freddie on the back. Freddie chuckled and left the apartment with Sam. They entered Carly's apartment and found Spencer.
"Hey Freddie, go get Carly, would you?"
"Sure." Freddie walked upstairs and raised his eyebrow when he saw Carly crying. He didn't know what was wrong with her. What he didn't know was that Carly just had a horrible nightmare. Unlike him, who had been visited by Mitch, Carly just had a nightmare that she feared she couldn't awaken from. Freddie sat down on the bench and stared at Carly with concern. "Hey, are you crying?"
"Leave me alone," Carly stated. Freddie shrugged and stood up.
"Okay, but I did have an idea for the next iCarly." Carly's eyes widened and she quickly stood up.
"Did you just say iCarly?!"
"Uh, yes…" Carly hurried into the studio and Freddie followed after. Carly wiped her eyes and turned around quickly.
"It's back! Our studio is back!" Freddie raised his eyebrows as Carly hugged the car seat. "Hello old car!" She grabbed her beanbag and smiled. "Hello bean bag." She then moved to the hammer in the wall and beamed. "Hello hammer that almost killed me!"
"Ah yes, that brings memories." Freddie rolled his eyes and sighed. "And in this world, Tyrone is still alive. How much do you want to bet that in the other world, I threw that hammer at Carly in a fight?" Carly turned to Freddie and smiled hugely.
"It's all back!" She ran over to Freddie and hugged him tightly. He grunted in surprise and blinked. He was wondering what just happened to Carly. Sam entered the room and raised her eyebrows at the sight.
"Whoa daddy, what is going on here?" Sam asked with a little concern. Sam let go of Freddie and he quickly turned around, thinking he definitely had some explaining to do.
"Sam!" She hugged Sam tightly, thus confusing Sam even more. First Freddie seemed off, and now Carly? "You're out of Juvie!"
"Juvie?" Sam chuckled awkwardly and looked to Carly with concern. "What are you talking about? Are you okay?"
"Spencer!" Carly ran out of the studio and Sam turned to Freddie while raising her eyebrows.
"What just happened?"
"I have no idea," Freddie replied. Sam shrugged and the two headed downstairs. They found Carly hugging Spencer and talking excitedly. All Freddie could think about was at least Carly's strange behavior would make them forget all about the strange way he was acting a little bit earlier. "Hey Spencer, you wanted us to help you take that tree down?" Spencer looked over and nodded.
"Yeah, just help me move-" Carly ran over and held her arms out in front of the tree.
"No!" Carly exclaimed. "No one touches this tree!"
"I thought you hated it."
"I don't, it's my favorite tree ever. Let's move it back to where it belongs." Spencer chuckled lightly and walked over, he was fine with that. They moved the tree back to where it was before and Carly smiled lightly. "There, it looks great. All it needs was a little love." Spencer nodded and looked toward a box of decorations.
"Hey, how about you guys help me decorate it."
"Yeah." They all moved to the box and pulled out some ornaments, they all thought the tree looked great. Christmas wasn't about a tree, the important aspect of Christmas was being with the ones you love. Freddie looked over at a laptop and spotted Mitch on the screen. He smoothly walked over and looked toward the screen.
"Thank you." He was grateful that Mitch put him back in his regular life, the time he belonged in. He was thankful to have everything the way it was supposed to be. Mitch chuckled lightly and shrugged his shoulders.
"What can I say? Maybe I should have chosen someone else," Mitch replied. Freddie nodded and shook a fist at the screen.
"Yeah, the next time you decide to take Sam away from me, you're going to get it big time. You're just lucky that time around that Sam was alive." Mitch swallowed and gave a toothy grin.
"Aren't you at least…ah I guess you're not all that happy about anything."
"Right, I really wanted to see all that I saw. Mitch, don't ever screw with my life again, please?"
"Heh, no problem. At least I got my wings, though!" Mitch held his hands out and showed a pile of chicken wings. Freddie narrowed his eyes and Mitch gave a sheepish laugh. "What?"
"Stay the hell out of my life, Mitch. Christmas angel or no, I really don't want to have to go through all that again."
"Don't worry, I prom-" Freddie closed the laptop on Mitch and walked back over to the group. He stood behind Sam as the group turned to the tree. Sam leaned slightly against him, but not enough for Carly and Spencer to notice. They all started to hum to a Christmas carol, each celebrating the moment. Freddie wouldn't give anything to change this moment, he liked everything just the way it was.
I hope you enjoyed that chapter, I know I did. Well stick around for the next one, it should be pretty interesting