UPDATE 1/1/18: Wow... it's been nearly six years since I wrote this story.  So much has happened since then... my life's changed, my writing's changed, the world has changed.  But I still remember writing this fic... and I cringe thinking I turned it in to an actual teacher for an actual grade.  But still, it has a lot of happy memories wrapped up inside of it.

Early in December of 2017, the world lost Kim Jonghyun, in probably what is the most tragic way to lose someone.  I know that, compared to his loved ones, the role he played in my life was small and the pain is nowhere near as great.  Still, it hurts.  SHINee were a central part of my teen years.  It's because of them I made one of the best friends I've ever had.  Because of them, I grew to love Korean culture.  They were my inspiration to write, even though, at the time, it was awful (as evidenced in this fic).  They just brought so much happiness to me and enriched my life in ways I can't explain.  They were one of the many things that helped me discover who I wanted to become.

I've deleted a lot of my old fics, especially ones featuring SHINee.  While I doubt anyone who knew Jonghyun personally will ever see them, it still feels... wrong, to keep them up.  He didn't leave this life peacefully, he left it full of pain, and with that in mind I can't in good conscience keep them public.

But this fic... I don't know.  Maybe I'll delete it someday; maybe I'll delete all my fics someday.  Writing about real people is certainly different than writing about fictional characters, I've come to find.  At least it is for me.  All of that said, though, there's something about this fic... it's so strangely innocent.  And I know a lot of people loved it and still have fond memories of it (thank you, by the way).  I know I do - despite all the cringe, despite the horrendous writing and nonsensical plot (which was only partially on purpose), so much of my younger self's happiness is wrapped up within the words of this fic.  This story is nothing but the product of loving writing and loving SHINee, just silly and cringy and pure.  I guess it's kind of hard to explain, but, what I'm trying to say, is this makes it difficult to delete.  All the fics I deleted, I still saved the writing privately for memory's sake.  But this fic is different.  For now, it's staying up, because having it here makes me nostalgic and reminiscent of happier, easier times.  I just wanted to leave this preface here on the offchance that anyone stumbles across this in the catacombs of AFF.  So, whether you're a new reader, or someone returning for old time's sake, I hope that, while reading, you are transported back to the time this was written - a time of simple happiness, where everyone was okay and nothing hurt - even if just for a little bit.  And I hope you find peace in your life, and help when you need it, and that simple happiness will find you again.  Thank you for reading.

Original 2012 Foreward:

So, just in case you didn't notice, this is bascially a crackfic.  I wrote it for my Honors English class - the assignment was to write a story using similar themes as those found in 'The Odyssey' by that Greek guy Homer.  There had to be an epic hero trying to reach a goal, an epic setting, epic plot... etcetera, etcetera.  Of course, I thought, "Hey!  SHINee's pretty epic," and thus 'The Onewssey' was born (see what I did there with the titles?  Odyssey, Onewssey...?  Yeah, I'm not funny).

Anyhoo, this story is eight chapters total, and I'll be updating once daily starting immediately.  Please keep in mind that this is the original manuscript that I turned in to my teacher, for a grade - everything you read here was also read by by him.  Unfortunately, since it was an end of the year project (like, we literally turned this in on the last day of school), I never got any feedback from my teacher about the project, which kind of bummed me out, because I was curious as to what he thought. :P So, I'd love it if you as the readers let me know what you think he might've thought while reading each chapter!  That should be fun, yeah? ;)

Okay, I'm done rambling now.  Thanks for clicking on my story, and I hope you enjoy it!  SHINee hwaiting! <3