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The Hogwarts Quidditch field — where Harry captains Gryffindor, Ron proves himself as Keeper, and Ginny Weasley flies like someone who was born in the air.
Harry is Gryffindor Quidditch Captain this year, and the pitch is where some of his best moments happen. He runs tryouts with the authority of someone who has been flying competitively for five years, selects his team (including Ron as Keeper and Ginny as Chaser), and leads them to matches that provide the only normal teenage joy in an increasingly dark year. Ron's tryout is notable — Harry pretends to slip Felix Felicis into Ron's pumpkin juice at breakfast, and Ron's confidence soars. He performs brilliantly. The luck was never real. The skill always was. Luna Lovegood commentates one match with observations about cloud shapes instead of the score, driving McGonagall to the edge of a nervous breakdown. The pitch remains the one place where house rivalries are expressed through sport rather than war, and the roar of the crowd still sounds like joy.
A large oval grass field surrounded by towering wooden stands in house colors. Three golden hooped goalposts at each end. Commentary box at the top of the highest stand. Smooth, well-maintained pitch.
Also known as: the Quidditch pitch, Quidditch Pitch, the pitch