Why does my MacBook Pro turn off by itself?

I bought my MacBook Pro 13" on August 26th 2011. Later that day while I was using it, the screen went off and it was silent. I moved the cursor because I thought maybe it went to sleep mode, but it stayed off. I waited a while and then hit a key to try to wake it up. Nothing happened. I hit the power button after about 4 minutes. Still, nothing happened. After about 10 minutes, it powered up and was on the "Log-In Screen". I logged in and everything was fine.
This is my first Apple product and I didn't know much about it so I asked a friend who has had a MacBook for a long time. She said that it was normal and that it's updating or something. "/ I didn't fully believe that, but since my computer was seemingly fine after that I didn't worry.
This random shutting down has happened several times since then and it is VERY annoying to be in the middle of typing a document and have your laptop just cut off only to come back on when it FEELS like it. It happens when I have in the power cord AND when I don't. My battery lasts for an extremely long time so I don't think I have a problem with the battery.
I've read several people's posts on this topic and I'm not really understanding the problem. I bought my laptop from my school's bookstore. I have never dropped my laptop, no water damage, etc. I have the AppleCare Protection Plan, but I don't know how many times you can have your laptop looked at before you lose the plan. Is this worth getting my computer looked at???

yosoysuperwoman wrote:
I have the AppleCare Protection Plan
Call them ASAP, that is what you paid for.  AppleCare
Is this worth getting my computer looked at???
Yes, unless you don't mind your mac randomly shutting down.
Please, call AppleCare.

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