| The grounds include the beautiful and sparkling Lake, stretching from the Forbidden Forest up against Hogsmeade as well as the Whomping Willow, the resident botanical bully of Hogwarts. The pitch lays just to the right of the Lake, where all the Quidditch matches are held. It is considered the battleground at which Slytherins and Gryffindors can have at each other without getting into too much trouble, hitting each other under the guise of "but sir, the Quaffle slipped..." |