I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE HP CHARACTERS, JK ROWLING DOES

I was walking down the corridor, glaring at any first years who dared walk near me. My day had gone from bad to worse when Pansy humiliated me in front of the entire school. She caused a huge fuss after I didn't buy her flowers or something along those lines. Whatever, girls are so emotional; I don't have time for ones like that little brat.

I was distracted, on my way to potions. I saw something glowing in a small corner. Could be something valuable, I thought. I slowly walked over to see a glowing ring. Hm, I thought, what's this? I picked up the piece of metal and saw that it had a green stone with a snake slithering around it. I guess my day can get better; it is obviously for a Slytherin student.

However, when I placed the ring onto my finger, I felt totally different. I looked around; no one was there…Oh no, did I go back in time? What kind of joke is this? Whatever, I'll just go to class. I casually walked into Potions. "Mr. Malfoy, glad you could join us…SIT!"

For some reason, I felt intimidated by this man…I never had before. What was going on? I just let it pass by and watched the lesson, sulking. Finally, the class was over and I rushed to get out of the door. At the same time, a girl with brown hair tried to get out of the door.

I was about to scowl at her, but something stopped me. It was Hermione Granger, but she looked different. She was actually very pretty. Her cheeks were red, and her curly hair was loosely let down. "Well, excuse me!" she said.

"I'm sorry…" did those words escape my mouth? Draco, pull yourself together! What I meant to say was 'filthy mudblood,' why didn't I say that? When I "apologized" she looked taken aback. She shook her head and then continued to leave the classroom.

I watched her leave and was in awe at how I completely missed her potential beauty these few years at Hogwarts. I let my mind wander about Hermione, and completely forgot that I was still standing in the doorway. Instead of scowling at the students watching me, I slid away from the doorway, and let them pass. I guess they were scared by my actions, and actually hurried out of the door.

This went on for the rest of the day. I was not mean to anybody. I mean, I was mean inside of my head, but only nice things came out of my mouth. I was utterly confused. Not only was being nice so out of my nature, but I was having feelings for Granger. I would never in my life think about that girl, and now I was?

As I was walking towards the Slytherin common room, I tripped and landed flat on my face. A few students caught a chuckle at this event. I stood back up and glanced at who was laughing at this matter. But, I couldn't, physically couldn't, open my mouth to yell at them. It felt as if I couldn't even talk anymore.

When I spun around, Hermione was standing there. "Malfoy…what is going on with you?"

"Uh, I don't know…" which was the truth.

"Well, I mean, er….you seem a bit…I don't know, nice? It just seems a bit out of character for you," she blushed. It was cute when she blushed, I wonder if she knew that. Wait, Draco…for Merlin's sake snap out of this! "Do you want to talk?" Hermione dared.

"If I weren't mistaken, that's a bit out of character for you, Grang…er…Hermione," I smiled. Smiled? What the hell? She smiled at this, obvious to see that I could not be mean to her no matter what.

She cocked her head over to the library, and I followed her lead. She sat down at a small table in the back; there was no one in there, so we were able to talk.

"So, what's going on?" she asked. I don't know why she cared so much about me. Normally, she would just forget this and never speak to me about it. I mean, I usually hate her and her friends.

"I have absolutely no idea. I mean, I wake up, have a horrible morning, as you probably saw. I see a….a ring! Look!" I gasped, and saw the small ring on my finger. It wasn't glowing anymore, but I was sure that this was the source of all my problems.

Hermione looked down at my ring. "Where'd you find it?" I explained how I saw it glowing in the corner. "Malfoy….you might want to try and take it off," she insisted.

I took my other hand and tried to pull the ring off. Much to my surprise, it didn't budge. I started to freak out. Nothing, not my hand, Hermione's hand, or a wand could pry this thing off. "I think that this is your first problem. It probably only let's its owner be truthful or nice…I guess it knew to find you," she joked.

"This is not a time to laugh! How do I get it off?" I pleaded. It all made sense though. She told me that I would have to tell Professor Dumbledore. "No! I can't…I mean, maybe I should wear it a bit longer."

"I don't think that's a smart idea, but it would improve your personality…" Hermione said.

"Don't tell anyone about this…please, it can be our little secret," I smiled. Wait, what was I saying? No, Hermione, hear me inside! GET THIS THING OFF! Why was I telling her to keep it on me? This ring had a mind of its own, and it's taking over mine.

"Hermione, you think we can, you know…talk again?" I "said." What the hell was I saying now? How was I going to get this ring off and tell Dumbledore or something like that? This is the first time that I actually want help, and I can't get it. This day has seriously been horrible.

To my surprise, she actually agreed to talk with me again. She probably likes this new me. Well, that makes one of us. What I wouldn't give to scowl at someone right now.

Hermione got up and left the library, leaving me alone. Maybe this ring only works for a day; maybe a goodnight's sleep will help me. I left for the common room.

"Oi, Draco! Come here!" Blaise called over to me when I walked into the room. I did walk over to him. "Did you hear, Pansy wants to say she's sorry," Blaise finished. Great, this is just great. The last thing I need is to see that slut.

"Draky!!! She called when she walked into the common room. I guess the ring kicked in, because I couldn't move away from her embrace. Maybe this ring wasn't about making me nice, it was about ruining my life. "I am sorry about today, can you forgive me?"

No! "Yeah, it's alright," the words slipped. What the hell! I need to get this ring off, before it makes me say something else. She was in such a shock, she wouldn't let go of me. I was loosing my breath as she began to kiss my cheek numerous times. Yuck, get off of me!

"I'm going to bed," I managed to say. I was finally able to walk, and I made it over to my dormitory.

Hopefully tomorrow will be slightly better, and maybe I can figure out how to overcome this blasted thing.