Brent needed some fresh in air in order to process what had just happened. He was randomly (or maybe not randomly?) selected by some book to compete in this huge magical competition in front of ALLLLL of his friends. Not to mention that some of the people he'd be competing against were his former housemates at the opposing school. Not to mention Madelyn Cunningham was here, at the very school she'd broken up with him over.

Being a teenager was hard.

he reached the courtyard area and took a seat on a nearby bench. There were literally so many thoughts running through his head at one time. What exactly was this competition? What if he was the first to be eliminated? What if he made himself out to be an idiot in front of everybody? What was going on between he and Skylar? Why did Madelyn Cunningham come here? Did Madelyn Cunningham still snog the same way she did when she was thirteen-years-old?

Hmm...