James scooped up all of the feathers in a useless attempt. There were too many scattered over the room, evidence of his undeniable side-effects. How would he explain this? I murdered your owl, Peter...I ate him too. Remus, mate, I'm also a werewolf.
He just slumped down on the cold floor, awaiting his friends. Step, step, step.
"Uhhh, what the fu-?" questioned Sirius.
"What happened?" asked Peter, with a small shriek upon noticing the absence of his owl.
"Polyjuice potion has side-effects, I think. Well, when you take it from a werewolf," said James.
"Wait what?"
"Side-effects!" James said.
"But...I brewed it correctly!" Sirius said defensively.
"I don't just murder owls in my sleep!" said James with another shriek from Peter.
"I brewed it perfectly! You both helped me, right? Has anyone actually been recorded taking a Polyjuice with werewolf hair?"
"Maybe. We just need to look it up in the library. Today is the full moon. I just...ugh, I can't be a werewolf! And I have to talk to Lily. Ughh. Stupid Snivelly told on me!" James muttered frantically.
"Calm down," said Peter, almost in tears with brown feathers in his hands.
"I'll buy you a new owl, Wormtail. It can be whatever owl you want. I just...need to figure this all out."
"What do you mean the book is checked out?" James almost screamed followed by several shushes and a malicious glare from Madame Pince.
"It is checked out by Severus Snape there are no more copi-" she whispered.
James instantly ran away and screamed "Thanks!"
"Snivelly, he has it. He has Mythical Beasts: Experimental Tragedies!" shouted James as he entered their room. Remus was there.
"And why do you need that?" he asked cluelessly.
"Homework," covered Peter.
"Yeah," James agreed, gesturing he and Sirius out into the Common Room. Luckily, Remus was too drained to follow them.
"I'm going to need my Invisibility Cloak. Get it for me, Sirius. Don't let Remus see. And, we're going to need the left-over Polyjuice later."
James' cloak fell off several times. One of those times Lily Evans happened to be walking by. She hadn't seen the cloak, or maybe she just didn't let on she had.
"Potter, I need to speak to you," she said casually. James looked at the setting sun, and decided to keep the conversation as short as possible.
"Look, I'm not using any potion. You're deluded!" and then he ran away, finding the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room in the dungeons.
He waited a bit until some random arrived and said the rubbish password he already knew. He hadn't wanted to arouse any suspicion by entering just himself with his cloak on. Severus Snape was the only one there. He read a book, illuminated by the room's green glow.
James saw the Mythical Beasts: Experimental Tragedies right on a table next to Snivellus. He grabbed it silently and prepared to leave until he tripped, the cloak falling on the book.
Severus's head whipped around, a glare already formed in his black eyes.