Brent was just on borrowed time. No matter what kind of confidence he had in himself, he knew there was no way he could avoid the glitter much longer. Even Leon had gotten out, and he was three years older than Brent! Where was Kane at anyway? Brent would love the victory of taking his brother out of the game. That kid was never anywhere near him in any of the classes, though.

Brent had, so far, aimed directly at people. Now each house seemed to have a team of people lumped together in random places. He should just launch a few snowballs right into the crowds and hope for good luck.

He turned his wand toward the trunk and summoned a snowball. "Accio snowball!" he called out. The snowball darted across the room and hovered, waiting to see what he wanted to do with it. "Depulso!" he said, and he sent it right toward a group of Hufflepuffs.