A/N: This chapter is set in the presant time.

Turning Your Time Around

Chapter 7: "Controling it All"

"Hey! Wait!" Ron yelled out to the Ravenclaw boy.

The brown-haired Ravenclaw was walking down towards Hagrid's hut. He stopped and turned around when he heard Ron yelling for him. Ron slowed his pace a little, and then halted before the boy.

"Hey," Ron panted. He had run all the way here. "Sorry about acting weird back there. I'm Ron Weasley."

Ron held out his hand to shake. The boy did so after a moment of thought.

When the Ravenclaw didn't speak, Ron asked him "What's your name?"

"Kimpson," The Ravenclaw said in a reluctant voice.

"You seemed to be in a bit of trouble back there with Snape. What happened?" Ron asked.

The boy frowned when he heard the name "Snape". He walked over to a close by tree and sat down. Ron followed.

"I don't know what's going on," Kimpson said, looking at the ground.

Ron sat down beside him, then said slowly "I think I do."

"I doubt it," Kimpson replied, still frowning.

Ron hesitated before saying something else. He wasn't sure how he'd react to his explanation.

"You're not where you used to be. You're um, in the future." Ron held his breath for the reply.

Kimpson straightened, and widened his eyes.

"I'm what?" He asked in a shaky voice.

"Don't worry, we're, um, working on getting you back to your time," Ron told him, hoping to brighten the boy.

"Then that was Snape, wasn't it?" Kimpson asked. He was still looking at the ground before him.

"Uh, well, yes it was."

"Why'd this happen?" Kimson asked, glancing up at Ron.

Ron gave a quiet huff and replied "Malfoy."

Kimpson's eyes were wide again, as if he'd figured it all out. "That's right," he breathed, turning his head to see the castle.

"You know?" Ron asked in an amased voice.

"Lucius will pay for this one."

Kimpson's face became red with anger.

"Lucius Malfoy did this to you?" Ron asked in surprise.

Kimpson nodded lightly.

"He threw a spelled Time Turner at me. Heh, glad I hit him with that jinx when I did."

"You jinxed him?" Ron kept his eye on Kimpson, waiting for a reply.

After a moment, Kimpson gave him one, but he seemed to be getting angrier with every sentence.

"Told me I was a useless Mudblood. I pulled out my wand and sent the jinx right at him. All his hair fell out. Then he threw the thing at me and I ended up in the dungeons."

"You made his hair fall out! Oh I wish I could have seen that," Ron said with a grin.

"It was a great thing to see.. So, anyway, I ended up in the dungeons. I went to find Professor Stole, but I found Snape. Then I ran into you and those others." Kimpson paused for a moment then asked, "How'd you know I was from the past?"

Ron looked to the ground, remembering Merlin's words of not talking to anyone but Snape about him.

"Can't say, sorry," Ron replied simply, though he felt bad that he couldn't tell him the whole story.

But, Kimpson raised his hand and said, "Don't be. I'm sure you've got a good reason. I know that there's times we have to stay loyal to others. Been there, done that."

"Thanks."

Kimpson nodded once and turned back to look at the castle.

"So, who's helping me get back, other than you? Is it your friend who said hello to me in the castle?" Kimpson asked.

"No!" Ron yelped. "And you can't mention this to anyone of them in the hall, or anyone else. Okay?"

"Alright. Don't have a real reason to anyway. Then who is helping you?"

Ron stood up, reluctantly. He didn't want to go see Snape again, but he knew he'd have to some time. "Come on, I'll take you to him."

Ron held down a hand, and Kimpson took it. They made their way back down to the dungeons, careful not to get seen by anyone.

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Professor Severus Snape heard a knock at the door, and closed the book he'd been reading on time travel.

He opened the door slowly and found Ron and Kimpson standing before him.

"What?" Snape asked, annoyed he'd been interrupted.

"Professor, this is Kimpson. He's the Ravenclaw," Ron said in a nervous voice.

"I know who he is," Snape replied darkly.

Kimpson tried to stay still so that his fear could not be shown. Snape was much bigger than him now, and he'd be more dangerous than before as a student.

"Get in here, both of you," Snape ordered them.

He closed the door after they entered and sat back down at his desk.

"Professor, it was a Time Turner that sent him here. Lucius Malfoy threw it at him, just like Draco must have done to Neville," Ron told him quickly.

Snape looked down at the book again, thinking.

"Most likely not a coincidence," Snape replied.

Ron agreed, while Kimpson just stood still and stared. He couldn't keep thinking how weird this was, looking at the grown-up Snape.

Snape glanced up at them, and Kimpson looked away.

"Mr. Weasley, go back to your dormitory. And you," Snape looked at Kimpson, "go down the hall and enter the third door on the left side. There's a room for you to stay. Don't tell anyone about it, you hear me?"

Kimpson didn't really liked being ordered around by Snape, but he nodded anyway. He refused to speak to Snape unless forced to. To him, Snape wasn't much better than Lucius Malfoy, and that was only because he hadn't called him a Mudblood.. not yet anyway.

Ron led the way out of the room and Kimson followed, taking one last look at Snape, who was now reading his book again. He closed the door and headed down the hall, saying goodbye to Ron.

Back in his office, Snape continued reading. Though, every few moments, he kept thinking of what Merlin had accused the headmaster of. Stealing power? How could a wizard that kind do something like that?

He decided to read a different book - one about magic control. He stood up and walked to the tall bookshelf on the other side of the room. He found what he was looking for.
He opened to the first page.

Great Wizard Power: Controlling it All

PART I
Pages: 5 - 10, Emotional Control

Pages: 11 - 16, Physical Control

Pages: 17 - 33, Long-Term Effects

PART II
Pages: 35 - 46, Holding Onto Power

Pages: 47 - 53, Hiding Your Power

Pages: 54 - 65, Doing Everything at Once

Snape found page 47 and read:

When trying to hide power, you must stay focused at all times. The thing you must focus on is not thinking about the power you have. If you let that slip for too long, the power you hold is sure to show itself. Should you slip, your magic can be revealed to anyone close.

It is crucial that you keep aware of your surroundings, so you know what to suspect to happen. The most likely thing to happen is that a fire will either appear or one burning will go out. This might not give you away, but most muggles tend to get frightened with something like this.

Severus looked up, thinking about the times he had to resort to hiding his magic from muggles.

(( Over summer breaks from Hogwarts, he returned to his home, but didn't spend much time around there. To keep himself busy, he'd go to a park three streets down and read. The only thing he'd hated about the place is that some muggle children would come down and play games and have fun.

He'd usually get bugged by a kid to join in a game.

Once (when he was 16), he got so annoyed that, without meaning to, he'd made a rock leap from the ground and hit the small child. Then another, and another. But, he couldn't stop them from flying at the boy. After about fifteen rocks had hit him, the boy was huddled on the ground crying. Severus grabbed his book and fled back to his house, not wanting anything else to happen. When he got home, he avoided his father and ran to his room. He put the book on the floor and took out his wand. He set the book on fire and watched until it was only ashes. He never went back to that park after that. Nor, did he ever read Gorlepsin's Guide to Werewolves again.))

Severus Snape slammed the book shut which caused a glass bird to shatter, sending bits of it flying everywhere. The anger in him was flaring at remembering that little bit of his childhood. He fled from his office at once without looking back.

Even though she was quite used to his outbursts, the miniture statue of a panther, which was on a shelf, sprang to life and followed him quickly with a slight twinge of fear.

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A/N#2: What did you think? Did Kimpson seem too... cooperative? Let me just say that it runs in the family.
New in this chapter: Kimpson, the panther statue.