Lainey Fitzroy

Lainey Lily Fitzroy is the main character of The Mudblood. She is the daughter of Lisa and Ray Fitzroy and the sister of Garren, Evan, and Lyle Fitzroy.

She was raised as a Muggle until she reached 11 years of age, when she learned that she was a witch and was accepted in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was then sorted into Slytherin House.

In Lainey's first year, she was called a mudblood. She was, however, unaware of its meaning. She was called this "nickname" mainly from a boy in the year above, named Draco Malfoy. She later discovers her mother's Gaudium status, deeming her a Half-Blood and earning her respect from picky Slytherin peers.

Romance
Lainey's romances consist of the following:
 * Ron Weasley
 * Cedric Diggory
 * Fred Weasley
 * Draco Malfoy
 * George Weasley
 * Brian Urquhart
 * Melody Flemming

Lainey had her first crush in her first year at Hogwarts on Ron Weasley, however despite Ron liking her as well the closest they get to dating is Ron gifting her a pack of exploding snap cards for her "birthday" and asking her to have dinner with him. She doesn't attend the dinner as she and Draco's duel render both of them in the hospital wing. Lainey realizes she doesn't like Ron when she sees him and Hermione in the library together. After Ron is in the hospital wing after being mauled by Sirius Black, she tells Ron she doesn't like him anymore but used to. Ron responds by telling Lainey he doesn't like her anymore either because Ginny said something about a family civil war. Their ship name is Rainey.

Cedric Diggory was her second crush. She felt physically attracted to him when she caught him staring at her. She had saved him from a dementor in her second year with a powerful Patronus charm. However, she was always hindered because his friends always bullied her about the age difference. Cedric thinks that Lainey’s mature, and that she is nice, but exotic and unpredictable. He can’t live without her. They nearly kissed, but Draco Malfoy followed Lainey and banged the door open before their lips could meet. They were on and off many times, deciding if they were civil or not. In the end, they were friends and that was all they would ever be. She was brutally affected by his death at the end of the Triwizard Tournament. There is a speculation that her patronus was a honey badger because Cedric was in Hufflepuff, Hufflepuff’s animal is a badger, and Cedric was technically Lainey’s first real love. Their ship name is unknown by this writer.

Fred Weasley was always the one teasing Lainey and calling her “Fitz”. He always liked Lainey, and only wanted what was best for her. He calls her “ickle” too. They first communicated in the form of pranks. Of all of her crushes, Fred was always the best (of course, excluding Malfoy.). They slept together and have kissed multiple times. Fred was Lainey’s first real relationship as well as the first person she ever slept with. They love each other in a deeper manner, something that goes deeper than physical attractions or crushes. Lainey felt jealous whenever Fred was with “that Beauxbatons girl” or flirting with someone else. After Fred died, Lainey took a lot of time mending herself. Their ship name is most likely Frainey.

Draco Malfoy was the person who had the most intimate and yet, interesting relationship with Lainey. After he saw her in Diagon Alley, he was mad that she wasn’t a pureblood. So he took it out in teasing her, calling her Mudblood, and irking her to no end. They have a strange connection that one can heal the other. They have had several kisses and have engaged in sexual intercourse. When Lainey became a Death Eater and made an Unbreakable Vow that she would marry Draco and didn’t tell him, Draco became extremely angry and basically shut her out. Before that, they truly loved each other. After the battle of Hogwarts, and after Fred died and Voldemort died, Draco managed to convince himself that if Fred hadn’t died, and if they didn’t have an Unbreakable Vow, Lainey would’ve chosen Fred. However, the Unbreakable Vow dies with Voldemort. After Lainey became angry that Draco wouldn’t forgive her, she left. Draco dated a Muggle girl for a bit, then married Astoria Greengrass. Obviously, they still feel attracted to each other. Their ship name is Drainey.

George Weasley’ relationship with Lainey was always the big brother type. However, after Fred died, they began going on “dates”, but Lainey realized that it wasn’t a true, romantic relationship. George took after the nickname "Fitz" (given by Fred) and continued to call Lainey the beloved nickname. Lainey began to work in the shop after Fred's death alongside George, but quickly got overwhelmed by the negative attention she was seeking and had a breakdown, where George comforted her and told her she could handle paperwork. After a year with living at the shop, her and George went back to the burrow and got so close that they slept in the same bed together. Lainey began to question her feelings for George, but they cut off their flirts after George had proposed to her, and later claiming Fred was going to give her the ring after the battle, which broke Lainey more. But the two remained friends, and later became brother and sister in law after Lainey's brother Harry got married to George's sister Ginny.

Brian Urquhart was fond of Lainey after she stormed off when Malfoy and the boy team (along with Urquhart, who was prejudiced and favored the boy team) cheated and won against their girl team. They were civil throughout Lainey’s 4th-6th year at Hogwarts. When Lainey was around 24, she met Urquhart again to give him back his wand, which she’d used after her own wand broke during the battle of Hogwarts. Urquhart responded by asking Lainey if she thought that he’d gone without a wand for all those years. They began to flirt, and Lainey realized that Urquhart was always this handsome, but she’d been too infiltrated with Draco to notice him. They eventually date, and the general conspiracy is that in the future, they have a child together.

Melody and Lainey's relationship was never confirmed, but it is a popular headcanon throughout the fandom. Many fans have theories that both Melody and Lainey are part of the LGBTQ+ community and that they had something romantic going on. In a one shot, it was confirmed that in their 4th year they kissed while playing "Spin the Potion" (a game made up by Harper which is just the wizard version of 'Spin the Bottle') and that Lainey enjoyed the kiss. In the event of Melody's death, she confesses to Lainey that she loved her all along and that she only pretended to be mean because she didn't want the Slytherin Six to get attached to her, as she knew she was dying all along. Though the couple was never canon, fans seem to add it into the story that they were "secret girlfriends". Fans have also enjoyed the headcanon as it shows representation for the LGBTQ+ community, especially in a time like the 1990's.