The courtyard seemed like a cool place to hang out and meet new people. Classes hadn't really gotten underway yet, so all Brent was focused on now was the social aspect of Hogwarts. He was starting to know more and more people, which was cool. He imagined this place would really boring without friends to hang out with.

Surprisingly, the courtyard wasn't really crowded. There was a Slytherin girl about his age hanging out by the pear trees. She looked pretty focused on it, so Brent didn't really interrupt. Besides, he figured he'd be seeing her around the common room sometime later. He walked over to a nearby bench and sat down, trying to come up with another plan to meet people, since the courtyard didn't really seem all that popular. Where was everybody?