In the original storyline, the Twins had walked out of Hogwarts during their N.E.W.T. exams in the fifth year, then opened a joke shop, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
Their initial funding had come from Harry's Triwizard Tournament winnings: one thousand Galleons.
When Tris had first arrived in this world, a thousand Galleons had seemed like an absolute fortune! After all, Galleons had astonishing purchasing power, while the vast majority of jobs in the wizarding world paid pitifully little.
But now, looking at that thousand-Galleon prize, Tris thought it was absurdly stingy. An international event jointly organized by three top schools, and that was all the prize money they offered?
The startup capital he had given the Twins, meanwhile, amounted to twenty thousand Galleons.
At the time, he had figured that the treatment fee he had squeezed out of the Greengrass family would probably be swept away by his dear mother as soon as the holidays began-and that was exactly what had happened.
Tris had absolutely no faith in his parents' money-management skills.
Rather than let them squander it, he might as well fund the Twins' business. They would only be starting their fifth year when school resumed, so their skills might still be a little lacking, but they certainly had talent.
If their skills fell short, make up for it with resources!
Tris firmly believed that throwing enough resources at something could work miracles.
Once the holidays actually began, however, Tris realized he might have misjudged his parents a little.
After receiving the staggering sum of a hundred thousand Galleons-Tris had still hidden some away-Arthur and his wife had not gone on a spending spree. Instead, they had carefully considered whether they could open up the family manor and acquire some businesses to cover the costs of its various defensive and