Challenge: Queerditch Marsh
Word Count: 100
Only part of Queerditch Marsh was available for play thanks to encroaching Muggles. Worse, Gertie Keddie's cottage was a Grade I listed building operated as a museum, historical site, and tea shop by her descendants.
“There isn't much marsh left,” Ludo Bagman's successor had told Xiomara when she'd approached the Flying Instructor about staging the House Cup at the Marsh, and she hadn't been wrong. The temporary stands had barely enough slope to prevent spectators from toppling to their deaths, and the pitch itself was under a dome.
“It's still an honor,” Xiomara said, and Severus grudgingly agreed.