My name's Matt. That day was meant to be just another day.. but it turned very weird, and very interesting.

It would have been about 5pm when I walked into my apartment. It was convenient, since it was close enough to college, yet wasn't super expensive or loud. Plus I could walk to all the fun parties.

Anyway, I walked in to see my girlfriend, Mira, sitting on the couch. I always thought she was cute in an exotic way - she was short, petite, with black hair and dark brown eyes. She was half Japanese, which is why I think I found her so attractive. Today, she was looking at me in a very unusual way. Not like her at all.

"Hey... Matt" she said hesitantly. Oh shit, I thought. Was she breaking up with me?

"Hi?" I said carefully.

"So I have something to tell you..." Shit. It's really happening. I think she saw the look on my face, and quickly added "Oh no don't worry, nothing is wrong. We're still good. It's just... this is so weird."

Relieved, I approached her and noticed she was wearing a ring. She never wore jewelry like that. "So, nice ring..." I said.

"Yeah that's what I wanted to talk to you about. Actually..." she started, getting up and walking over to me. I walked closer and took her hand. She flinched as I began to examine the ring, still on her finger. As I went to pull it off... "No!"

The ring was half off, and I felt a force - not unlike a blast of wind - hit me. "Fine!" I slipped the ring back on... and blacked out.

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I awoke in bed a short while later. Mira was sitting on the edge of the bed, playing with what appeared to be the ring she had been wearing.

"Ugh, what happened?" I asked, feeling a trace of a headache.

"Oh, you're up. I have to tell you something..." Mira said. "It's this ring. It's... magic or something."

"Huh?" I asked.

"Yeah. When you walked in... that wasn't actually me. Well it was... but not quite." I was confused, so I just let her continue. "This ring lets someone take over someone else's body..."

"Sure it does." I joked.

"I'm serious!" Mira insisted. "I walked into your apartment maybe 10 minutes before you were meant to be home. Then …