February 14th. The one day of the year that really intrigued 14-year-old Katie Bell. Ever since her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, on Valentines Day, she had received a mystery Valentine, and every year it said the same thing. She always smiled, but she didn't know who it was that sent those Valentines. She knew it had to be a Gryffindor, due to the little lion the sender drew in the corner every time she got a Valentine through. The handwriting was the same every time, but she didn't recognise the person's handwriting. Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, Katie's friends, looked at her as she received the Valentine, and smiled.
"Who's it from, Kittykat?" Alicia asked, using Katie's nickname.
"No idea, Leesh. It's a Valentine, so they're supposed to be anonymous." Katie replied, before taking a gulp of pumpkin juice. "It's the same person who sent me the others though, in previous years."
"How can you tell?" Angelina questioned. Katie looked at Angelina.
"Ange. I just know. Have faith in me, please." Katie simply told Angelina, with a small smile dancing on her lips. "Plus, every year, the sender draws a little lion in the corner. So whoever it is is obviously a Gryffindor."
Soon, it was time for class. 4th year Gryffindors had Charms with 4th year Ravenclaws. Katie, Angelina and Alicia all walked to Charms.
"Bell! Johnson! Spinnet!" Oliver Wood, the Gryffindor Quidditch captain called their names. He was also a fourth year. "Practice after dinner tonight, at six."
"Got it, Wood." Angelina replied, as she, Katie and Alicia went into Charms.
Katie seemed awfully distracted in class, but she tried to put the valentines and who may be behind them to the back of her mind, which was proving difficult. Alicia managed to keep Katie focused, with Angelina's help. Katie was just as distracted in Transfiguration, narrowly avoiding detention.
Lunchtime rolled around, and Katie still seemed distracted. Angelina and Alicia were concerned. Katie was thinking about who the sender could be.
"Kates. Katie." Both Angelina and Alicia said, but didn't manage to attract Katie's attention. "KATIE!"
"What?" Katie asked.
"Just put it to the back of your mind." Angelina said. Katie looked alarmed.
"I can't. I need to figure out who it is that keeps sending them." she replied. She had an inkling as to who the sender was, but she highly doubted it was him. Katie sighed, and ate her dinner quietly. She looked down the table to her left, and saw the person she thought was sending her the Valentines. Oliver Wood. She sighed again, tore her gaze away from Oliver and resumed eating her dinner. Oliver looked over at her quickly, and smiled, before resuming his own dinner.
A/N: A cliffie :D Oh I am mean :D Don't shoot me! *puts bulletproof clothing on* hehe. You know what to do, people! Read and review! :D Creative criticism welcome, I do not own Harry Potter in any shape or form, all characters mentioned in this first chapter belong solely to JKR.