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A/N: For the Character Diversity Boot Camp with Hogsmeade. For the Minor Character Boot Camp with Acknowledge. For the Character Trait Boot Camp with Hopeful. For the Dumbledore's Army Character Boot Camp with the prompt Fire.
Alicia said thanks as a waitress got her a Firewiskey and sighed softly as the woman walked away. It had been a few months since the war and while Hogwarts and Hogsmeade were being rebuilt the loss that many people had during the war; including herself was still there and she didn't know what to do to make herself or others feel better.
Even though they had won the war it felt as though they had lost in a way; and she supposed in a way that was true. Many of them had lost somebody, or more than one person in their lives and it still hurt to even think that they were no longer there.
A shadow moved passed her and she looked up with surprise. She couldn't help but frown as she recognized Adrian Pucey.
She remembered him from Hogwarts; he had been a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team, she also remembered that he had fought in the final battle; well at least he had fought on the light side. She thought dryly; taking a sip of her Firewiskey.
She saw that he was by himself; like her, and briefly wondered if he knew what it was like to lose a family member or a friend. She had been devastated to learn that Katie had been killed by a Death Eater and hadn't wanted to leave her bedroom for the longest time. But knew that she had to move on if she wanted to make her friend Katie or any of the others that had died during the war proud.
Adrian must have felt her staring because he looked up and met her eyes. She saw that he recognized her immediately even though it had been a several years since she had last seen him.
He nodded to her in acknowledgment and went back to his drink.
Alicia smiled softly and thought to herself that maybe things will turn out alright afterall.
