Dora was not buying this whole spiel and it likely wasn't Nat's fault... she was likely just regurgitating what the school admin had told her. "I mean literally no disrespect, but that's a load of waffle and you know it. There is nothing my housemates could do to help me that I can't do myself. And furthermore, trust me when I say someone knows I'm gone and in the event that I don't send a Patronus or some other type of communication within the next 20 minutes, someone will alert a professor. " And yes she could cast a Patronus, kudos to Hirsch, and yes she had made arrangements. She wasn't a run of the mill Gryffindor.

"I dont feel any more safe being escorted by a Prefect as I would if I were alone. No offense meant, at all. It's just that we're all learning magic. What can my Prefects do that I can't? " Answer: Nothing.

"He doesn't. It was a surprise. Besides, plausible deniability. But you can walk with me if you like... but I don't consider this a situation where you are escorting me for my own safety. " Just so they were clear on that.

Crystal.