Are your pets more than they seem?

Coco
"I ran away." I said. "Could you stand anyone changing your name so much? Then this pet store owner found me. He put signs up all over saying 'Lost Dog' but by then this school was probably far away."

Mimi
I laughed. "Figures as much. You are a really fast runner." I said.

Opal
"What are you talking of?" I said suddenly, it made the cat jump.

Mimi
"Opal! Don't do that." I complained.

Coco
"Oh, what?" I said. "Who's Opal?"

Mimi
"Opal is this snake. Opal, this is Coco. Coco, this is Opal."

Coco
"Oh, hello!" I said. "I'm a dog." I explained, even though it was kind of obvious. "I do people's homework. I don't eat it."

Mimi
"I do too when they aren't looking! We're going to be good pals!" I said happily.

Opal
"Nice to meet you I guess." I said quietly.

Coco
"Nice to meet you too! You're a snake?" I asked, just to clarify.

Opal
I glanced at the dog. "Yes." I said after a moment.

Coco
Something told me the snake wasn't being COMPLETELY honest. It was only instinct, of course. "Ah. Okay."

Opal
"If you have something to say, say it." I said. "I can tell if you are not telling me something."

Coco
"It's nothing. Just instinct." I said. "Or conscience. Or whatever."

Opal
I only looked at her. Then I turned away as Alex said we were going home.

Alex
"Opal! Where are ya? We're going home!" I said, and the snake slithered up. It seemed like she knew me for so long. "Bye you two." I said to the twins.

Mimi
"Bye-bye Opal!" I said. "Say, Coco, aren't you just bored sometimes acting normal?"

Coco
"Er... I don't know." I said. "I didn't really have much to do at the pet store, so I got bored anyway."

Sabrina
"Um... okay... bye." I said.

Mimi
"I think it's boring. I can get food myself, but I have to wait. I hate cat food and they don't notice it. I play with boring toys." I said. "Hey, you think we can act all smart around them? I think it would be funny! They flipped out when I wrote your name."

Coco
"That would be funny. But then why don't you do that all the time?"

Mimi
"They said they wanted to be a normal family with a normal pet. So I acted normal. But now... I'm bored." I said.

Coco
"Well then unbore yourself!" I said.

Mimi
"Well, I don't want to freak them out so suddenly! Probably do it very slowly..." I said with an evil tone in my voice. "Wanna help me set up a prank?" I grinned.

Coco
"Sure!" I grinned.

Mimi
"Alright, do you know how to make ooblek?" My grinned widened.

Coco
"And that is...."

Mimi
"Ooblek is awesome! Its a mixture of corn starch and water. It's this sticky liquid and with contact on air it will freeze!" I said. "It's more fun when you can make it." I said.

Coco
"Oh yay! Messy stuff!" I said happily.

Mimi
"Can you get a bowl? They're up there." I said.

Coco
I jumped up to the top of the little stack of shelves, and clutching the bowl in my front paws, I walked with my hind legs to the countertop and set the bowl on the countertop.