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A moment ago, she was hurrying her way to the Hufflepuff dorms in-between classes to switch out her materials and have a moment to shed her potion-splattered robes (which have turned a bright green in some places, and burnt through in others). Once she enters Milliways, though, her steps halt and her mouth drops open slightly in surprise.
The first thing she does is slip out her wand and utter a quick finite incantatem. When that fails to yield any sort of result (such as, for example, the return of the common room to something reasonable like, say, the common room), she takes a few hurried steps so her back is to the wall and casts a quick protego.
With the shield charm in place, she can take a moment regroup and figure out what just happened. After all, it's common knowledge that it's impossible to apparate within the grounds of Hogwarts, so she either has to be seeing an illusion or she touched a portkey. Either way, it's better being over-cautious than not.
The first thing she does is slip out her wand and utter a quick finite incantatem. When that fails to yield any sort of result (such as, for example, the return of the common room to something reasonable like, say, the common room), she takes a few hurried steps so her back is to the wall and casts a quick protego.
With the shield charm in place, she can take a moment regroup and figure out what just happened. After all, it's common knowledge that it's impossible to apparate within the grounds of Hogwarts, so she either has to be seeing an illusion or she touched a portkey. Either way, it's better being over-cautious than not.