Kate was glad she was on the opposite side of the room when the Headmistress popped into view. It had startled her enough as it was. She couldn't imagine how the people on the other side of the room felt. Kate was suddenly reaching for her wand, not because she thought she needed to use it, but because after what the Headmistress said, she sort of thought it was expected of her to have it out.

Besides, who knew who else was lingering around the room?

Kate cast a suspicious glance around before chiming in, hand raised to answer. "Well, I just innocently assumed that just because this is a classroom inside a school I've been attending, that it was safe, and I didn't need to have my guards up," she said. "I should have been thinking along the lines of defense just in case something unexpected came up."