Tada! The final chapter, where all of your questions will be answered!

I woke up with the sun shining on my face. Pretty nice way to wake up, if I do say so myself! But the sun was almost setting. Oh, that's right, I just took a nap. I yawned and stretched and stood up, looking at myself in the mirror. I saw my shining, smiling face staring back.

My phone blinked. I had a new text, from Sierra. Sierra... There was something about her... Maybe I just had a dream about her or something. No biggie.

Hey cody can i come over?

I was shocked that she actually asked. Usually she just barges over. Since she was polite about it, and I woke up in a good mood, I said "sure." What was the harm in that?

I shot Gwen a text that said, "Hey gorgeous gwennie :) whatcha doin?" Then I stuck my phone in my pocket and headed to the kitchen, bouncing as I walked. My dad was at the table, working on his laptop, when I walked in.

"Hey Codeman," he greeted, not bothering to look up.

"Hey!"

My mom, who was washing dishes, suddenly turned around. "Cody!" she exclaimed, then she looked confused. "How... h-how are you?"

"Great!"

She looked around nervously. "That's... great!" she said with fake-cheerfulness. My mom was such a bad actress. It was kind of unsettling how she reacted. I could tell she was nervous and upset about something, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"Do you want a sandwich or anything?" she cautiously asked. I realized that I was super hungry.

"Sure! A sandwich would be awesome!"

"Okay," she weakly replied, then set off to work, seemingly glad to have something to do. Before long, I was taking a huge bite out of a peanut butter sandwich. My favorite. The sound of the doorbell rang throughout the apartment.

"Oh, I almost forgot! It's Sierra," I said, jumping up to get the door. Both of my parents silently nodded.

The second the door was opened, Sierra wrapped me in a hug. "Come on in," I invited, closing the door behind her. We walked side-by-side back into the kitchen.

"Let me guess- peanut butter?" she questioned.

"Yeah! You want a bite?" I replied, holding the sandwich out to her.

"No thanks. Just ate." She held her stomach, as if she was absolutely stuffed. I nodded in response.

"So, your father and I are going across the hall for dinner at the Matthews' in a few minutes, if you two want to come," my mom informed us. Sierra looked over at me expectantly, surely knowing that Noah Matthews and his family lived across the hall.

"Of course! Why wouldn't we want to come?"

"O-okay, well, we're just going to head over there now. Come on by when you're ready." She left, and my dad followed shortly after. I heard the front door close, then we sat in silence, except for the noise of my eating.

"Cody, I heard about what happened."

"You know what's weird?" I accidently interupted her. She gestured for me to continue. "Gwen hasn't texted me back yet. She's always with her phone!"

"Uh, Cody?"

"Hm?" I said, mid-bite.

"Gwen's, umm... gone."

I looked at her quizically. Gone where? She never told me she was leaving.

"You know. Dead," she supplied.

Gwen? Dead?

"That's not funny, Sierra."

"I'm not joking! Noah's dead too!"

I sat, confused for a minute. Something told me she was telling the truth.

"You're the one who found him dead, last night! Don't you remember?"

Suddenly, it all clicked into place. I swallowed and stood up, staring straight ahead. "You're right." My eye started to twitch. "They're both dead. Deceased. Gone." The same vivid image of Noah's lifeless body swam before my eyes. I must've stood there for longer than normal, because Sierra nervously stuttered "C...Cody?"

"Dead. And I'll never get to say goodbye," I whispered sinisterly. "And Sierra... you... you KILLED THEM!" I yelled. She yelped when I peered at her with a crazy look in my eye.

"What are you talking about?" She stood as well.

I took a step towards her. "You MURDERED them. You were JEALOUS."

"Why would I do that?"

"To finally have me."

"But... I wouldn't purposely make you depressed just so I could 'have you.' I just want to make you happy, not kill your loved ones." While she was saying this, I walked towards her, and she kept backing up. I had backed her up against the wall. "Look Cody, I accept the fact that you have other friends, even a girlfriend. I don't like it, but I accept it. I accept that you'll never like me the way that I like you. Actually, I don't like you." She grew quieter. "I love you." Then she hurriedly kissed me, right on the lips.

She sure looked surprised when she pulled away and I started screaming. I grabbed the closest pan and threw it on the ground.

"Cody! Calm down!"

"You can't tell me to calm down! I MURDERED MY GIRLFRIEND AND I DROVE MY BEST FRIEND TO SUICIDE!" I shrieked. "HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?!"

I turned around and flipped the kitchen table over. Hot tears streamed down my face and the world grew blurry. But anger, fear, and adrenaline coursed through my veins. I started to throw glass plates across the room and yell very fierce cuss words. Sierra was smart and hid behind the refridgerator.

"Cody..." I noticed that she was crying too because thin mascara trails ran down her cheeks. I immediately stopped, but I was still breathing hard and shaking. Salty tears found their way into my mouth.

"No... no, this is a dream... I can't take it... wake up..." I spoke, delirious. I slowly sank into a ball on the floor. I closed my eyes and desperately tried to stop shaking, which didn't work.

"Cody, are you okay?" Sierra asked, but I could tell she was still across the room. A petite hand rested on my shoulder.

"Cody, it's me, Gwen. Can you hear me?"

"No... This isn't happening!" Then I knew that I had finally snapped. I was hearing voices inside my head. Voices of dead people.

"Cody, honey, are you okay?" said a familiar monotone voice. Only two people could call me 'honey,' and that voice was definitely not my mom.

"No!" I moaned, still with my eyes closed. "Go away! Wake up, Cody, dammit, WAKE UP!" I wailed.

"Cody, snap out of it!"

"It's okay, Cody!"

"This isn't a dream, Cody. Gwen and I are still alive."

I squeezed my eyes shut tighter, and my head ached, like it was about to explode. Then, Sierra's voice piped up, right next to me this time.

"It's true. They're really here. Just open your eyes, Cody. It's going to be okay."

I cautiously opened my eyes, and three faces swam into view. They were all equally concerned, all for my sake. I knew they all cared about me. I looked at each of them individually. Sierra still had mascara running down her face, but she was softly smiling now. Noah's forehead was creased with worry, and his eyes were searching me to make sure I was all right. Gwen's blue and black hair was messily strewn across her face, and she looked at me with hopeful curiosity.

All I could say was, "But... you're dead! And so are you!"

"It was a prank, set up by none other than Chris McLean," Noah informed.

"They set it all up, and you were the first victim," Gwen explained. "They held me in captive for a week, then Noah joined me last night."

"What the hell?" I mumbled, slowly starting to realize what they were saying.

"Oh, Cody, your hands!" Gwen cried. I looked down, and they were coated in broken glass and blood. Noah helped me stand and guided me to the sink. Sierra started to clean my hands off, while Gwen just hugged me. I stood there in a daze. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, making me jump.

"I'll get it," Noah offered. I heard him say, "Oh. It's you."

Another voice said, "Is Cody there?" It was familiar, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"Yeah, but I doubt he wants to talk to a scumbag like you. Wait here."

Whoever it was obviously didn't wait, because two sets of footsteps came back down the hallway.

"Cody, Chris McJerkface is here."

Chris stepped into the room. "Hey, I heard that!" Then he turned to face me. "Cody, Cody, Cody... I never intended for it to go this far." He gestured around the room at the glass shards and the overturned table. I just stared at him blankly. I was glad it seemed to make him uncomfortable. He continued on. "So, you're not going to sue me or anything, right?" No response. "Don't worry, we're not going to air this on television, like we originally were." Now all four of us stared at him. "What? Say something!"

"You little ba-"

"Noah," I butt in, before he could say anything. Then my eyes rested on Chris again. "What kind of... sick person are you? Playing with my emotions for entertainment? Is that fun for you? To watch a kid's life crumble right before your eyes? Hell yeah I'm going to sue you! Why on earth did you do this?"

"I ran out of good ideas," he admitted, and he hung his head in shame.

"So just do another season of Total Drama," Sierra suggested.

"But with a whole new cast!" Noah cut in. "Because we're not coming back."

"You know, that's good! Thanks guys!" And with that, he left.

"Thank god he's gone," Gwen breathed. "I was afraid he was going to pull another stunt and kidnap me again."

"Wait a minute!" I exclaimed, still trying to make sense of this situation. "Noah, I saw you! You were totally dead!"

"Ah, yes. I was sitting on the roof, because of," he blushed, "yeah... Then these guys dressed in all black jumped out of nowhere and drugged me! I guess it was the same science that made Juliet appear that she was dead..." He got that faraway look in his eyes that only showed up when he was thinking really hard about something.

"You know what? Whatever. As long as we're all safe now."

Man, you should have seen the looks on everyone's faces when we all walked into Noah's apartment. If only we had taken a picture. There was so much hugging and kissing and explaining that the rest of the night was a blur. The next day, everyone's parents, including mine, sat down with a lawyer and they worked everything out. Chris had to go to jail for six months, for kidnappinng two teens and torturing another, and when he was released, he hosted Total Drama Revenge of the Island.

Gwen and I continued to date. Sierra and Noah started hanging out with us too, and pretty soon, the four of us became inseperable.

But now they're talking about a fifth season. I hope we all live to see the end of it.

Man, I suck at writing endings. But please tell me what you think! Was it everything you hoped for? (Sorry NoCo and Coderra fans that this had to end with Gwody.) Did you expect the unexpected with the surprise ending? I was originally planning for Sierra to be the murderer, but then I turned her into a good character, because I really have no problem with her. But anyways, thanks for reading!