Hrm.

[camwyn]

About to start work on a Harry Potter fanfic, based on the premise that Lucius Malfoy has an older half-brother named Lucious (he got disowned and Grandpa Malfoy wanted to strip him of the name entirely, but the Ministry couldn't make it happen due to magical reasons, so he recycled the name on his next son). Need to ask one quick bit of advice if anyone here can think of an answer, though: simplest way to get Draco across the Atlantic Ocean in a hurry? Quidditch Through The Ages says there's trans-Atlantic broom travel and that Apparition over long distances is dangerous, with only a few wizards trying it over trans-continental distances. Portkeys might work, but I'm not really sure about that, and I don't think magical animals of any size smaller than dragons would quite do unless there is something in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that I don't know about...

Any suggestions? Or should I just take this as an opportunity to have Draco land at the wizardly equivalent of an airport? I don't think the Floo Network is inter-continental, it doesn't feel like that kind of a deal.

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[camwyn]

"Now landing at Newark International Broomport..."

Actually, no. Now that I think about it, I may well take up the broomport idea, but... In the 60's or 70's, there was a plan afoot to build a huge jetport in Morris County so that there would be easy access to lots of corporate headquarters in the region. The plan was defeated and the land in question made into Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. I'm going to put Uncle Lucious in with the other rich 'n snobby people of New Jersey, somewhere out in one of the counties where it is perfectly reasonable to have a dressage and tack store next door to the Jaguar dealership, and I'm going to put the broom port in Great Swamp. It's not like the Parks Department employees can sweep it all every day, after all - a few good Muggle-repelling charms will establish an area inside the park that Muggles aren't even aware of. Busiest at night, of course, since Muggles look up now and again - but even so, it's relatively easily hidden inside a place like the Swamp.

[avram]

All those long lines at the wand-detector. Security is so much tighter with Valdemort on the loose.