Verity had been goofing around, idly distracting herself with some of George's samples and feeling sorry and scared. She had come here to be alone, but didn't know the current traffic patterns of Hogwarts nearly as well as she thought she thought she did.
The first hint she had that something was wrong was the sound of cussing around a corner and down the hallway. "Aw, hell," she murmured to herself, her fingers- a moment ago twisting at the fuse of the next Whizbang- stilled.