Players take the field, squaring off against one another at opposite ends of the pitch.
They crouch low, remaining motionless as they eye their opponents in silence.
A cool breeze rolls through, but the players remain unaffected. Their jerseys — black and gold — billow in the wind.
Suddenly, a whistle blows, and organized chaos erupts, ending the quiet. The game has begun.
However, the group isn’t playing just any sport — they’re playing Quidditch.
Derived from author J.K. Rowling’s magical, seven-book series, “Harry Potter,” Quidditch lept off the page in 2005 at Middlebury College, where a group of students adapted the once-fictional sport for muggles to play, the Chicago Tribune reports.