Inspiration for this story came about just the other day while I was looking up the Coraline soundtracks on YouTube, but I decided to add my own twist to it. I couldn't really come up with a good title though, so for now it shall remain as "Corahearts". Yes, this is based around "Coraline".

And just a heads up. If you're wondering why I used certain characters as the neighbours, it's because I struggled to find people to replace the ones from Coraline. So I tried to base them around the professions they specialise in, and will go from there. You'll see how I twist these characters into the story later. But I do hope you enjoy the first chapter.

Chapter 1: Where shall exploring take you?

All was quiet around the large house known as the Pink Palace, besides a certain blonde mullet haired teen with bright blue eyes who appeared to be strumming on a light blue sitar. He wore a bright blue t-shirt, with long white and blue checkered trousers, and light blue trainers with white laces. He was sat on the roof of all places, which some might have deemed as odd. But there he was, quietly strumming on his sitar, humming and tapping his foot against the roof tiles gently in time with the tune also.

The soft yet cheery music was the only sound that seemed to brighten up the area today. The sky was quite cloudy and grey that day, yet it appeared dry. There was not a speck of rain anywhere. One would wonder how that young teen could stay in such high spirits for a day that seemed so gloomy.

The Pink Palace however made the area seem very unusual and strange in contrast to today's weather. It had once been a large house; however, the landlady had converted it into a set of apartments. There was one which could be accessed by a set of steps going up towards the roof. Another could be accessed by a set of stairs that led down underneath the house. And the final one was the middle of the house.

The teen stopped playing his sitar however at the sound of an approaching car. He frowned a bit as he looked down towards the dusty road that led up to the Pink Palace. This was quite unusual in this area for cars to drive by. When the teen looked over however it wasn't just a small black car pulling up towards the side of the house. There was also a large moving van just behind it as well.

The sound of a car horn suddenly sounding loudly throughout the area startled the blonde haired teen. He found himself tumbling backwards off the roof out of fright, landing in front of his apartment door with a loud thud. He cringed a bit in pain as he stared up at the sky with his sitar across his chest.

"The new neighbours must be here…" He groaned quietly to himself.

Meanwhile a young man with short dark blue hair and bright blue eyes was standing at the steps to his apartment, which happened to lead downwards and underneath the house, silently watching as the moving men carefully brought different kinds of furniture and belongings into the apartment next door. That happened to be the main part of the house. He was wearing a white lab coat with a dark blue t-shirt and brown trousers underneath, along with plain black shoes and a purple ascot around his neck.

"So this is where all the noise is coming from…" He muttered to himself.

"Ienzo! What is going on up there?"

The young male, now revealed to be Ienzo, slowly turned his head towards the steps to find another male, who appeared to be much older than him, slowly trudge up towards him. He had light blonde hair and bright green eyes. He too was wearing a white lab coat, but it was stained with black soot along the sleeves. He also wore long black trousers that were partly covered by his lab coat and black shoes as well.

Ienzo did not seem at all concerned by the older male's current state as his gaze turned back to the moving men, with the older male now stood beside him.

"We appear to have new neighbours, Even"

The male, now revealed to be Even, gave a huge sigh out of annoyance.

"Well, this is splendid. Now there are more people who will disrupt my work. And here I thought Demyx was bad enough…"

Ienzo said nothing to Even's sarcastic remark. He was used to it by now. The two of them had been in the same apartment long enough to get to know each other's habit and such.

The two continued to watch silently as the men went back and forth from the house, still carrying any remaining furniture from the moving van. Even turned to stare at Ienzo then.

"Have you happened to see a glimpse of our new neighbours yet?"

Ienzo slowly shook his head.

"I'm sorry to say that I did not. They must have already been inside when I came out to investigate that thud, which by the way happened to be Demyx. He's fallen off the roof again in front of his apartment door"

Even slowly shook his head in disbelief as his gaze looked up towards the stairs which led to Demyx's apartment. Sure enough, there was the blonde mullet headed teen currently recovering from his blunder by dusting himself and his sitar off.

"Typical. When will that boy learn?"

Upon seeing the two males conversing by the steps of their apartment, Demyx grinned in a friendly manner and jogged his way down the steps towards them. He lifted up his hand to start off his greeting.

"Heya Ienzo, Even!"

He leaned against the railings which separated himself from the steps going downwards as Demyx's gaze turned back towards the house, his grin still in place.

"So you noticed the new neighbours too, huh?"

"Not really. Only their belongings" Ienzo replied quietly, carefully adjusting the ascot around his neck.

"Did you happen to catch a glimpse of them, Demyx?" Even asked curiously, raising an eyebrow.

Demyx turned his head so that he was looking back at Even, giving him an eager nod.

"Oh yeah! I sure did! They're a family of four!"

Even's eyes widened at that.

"S-So… There are children with them?"

Demyx frowned a bit in thought.

"I wouldn't say that they were "children". They looked to be young teenagers, but yeah! There are two of them!"

Even's face went a deathly pale as he slowly made his way back down the stairs and into the apartment.

"Oh Kingdom Hearts…"

Demyx blinked a bit out of confusion and turned to Ienzo.

"What's up with Even?"

Ienzo slowly shook his head and followed after Even down the steps and back into their apartment.

"It's best you don't know, Demyx. It's best you don't know"

Demyx stood there in silence for a bit longer before shrugging and slowly walking back over to his apartment, gently strumming on his sitar once again.

A black cat sat a small way away from the Pink Palace, watching Demyx with curiosity. Its attention was soon diverted however when the sound of a door slamming open was heard. The cat quickly turned its head towards the back door of the Pink Palace to find a young teenage girl with auburn hair and bright blue eyes walk out onto the steps. She was wearing a bright pink raincoat, with dark blue jeans and pink boots.

The cat watched silently as the girl's gaze turned back to the house.

"Namine, come on! Hurry up! I'm going to leave you behind!"

With a small giggle, the girl quickly started sprinting off in the opposite direction away from the house. Shortly after the girl ran off, another girl who appeared to be a year younger ran out after her. She had light blonde hair that fell down to her shoulders, just like the other girl's, and bright blue eyes. She was wearing a similar style of raincoat that was coloured white, with a light blue skirt and black boots. This girl must have been "Namine".

"Kairi, hey! Wait up!"

The cat decided to chase after the two girls as they dashed towards the large abandoned garden up ahead. The other girl, now revealed to be called Kairi, paused in front of the large iron gates leading into said garden and turned towards a small bush nearby. It appeared to be dead, since the leaves that were on it were coloured a golden brown.

With a devious smirk on her face, Kairi quickly yanked off one of the large sticks of the bush and shoved the dead leaves off as Namine managed to catch up with her. The stick which she held with both hands happened to be in the shape of a "Y". While holding onto the two ends of the stick, Kairi lunged forward with the other end towards Namine.

Namine shrieked then, having not expected Kairi to do that, and quickly back-stepped a bit to keep out of her range. She managed to dodge it luckily. She glared playfully as Kairi laughed loudly at Namine's reaction, and then watched as Kairi sped off into the garden up ahead, kicking the iron gates open as she went. She was holding the stick out in front of her, acting as if it was dragging her along by an unknown force. Namine was quick to go after her into the garden.

"Kairi Heart, get back here right now!"

Kairi continued to laugh as she ran around the small bridge that was placed in the middle of the garden, running up a set of steps on the left. The garden they had run into was pretty much as dead as the bush that was just outside the gates. The area had stone paved along the ground, which is what the small bridge near the end of the garden was made of too. It appeared to run over a small ditch in the middle of the garden. There were steps near the gate that were placed both on the left and the right. And there were also a set of steps that led down towards another iron gate at the other end of the garden.

Namine decided to try to cut Kairi off by running up the steps on the right; however, she wasn't fast enough. Kairi had run off out the other set of gates by the time she had reached the other end of the bridge using the path. She dashed after Kairi out of the gates as the black cat silently slinked on after them.

Kairi was still laughing when she reached the top end of the dirt path. She decided to stop for a moment to allow Namine to catch up. The area around her appeared to be covered mostly with dead grass, but from where she stood Kairi could see the Pink Palace down below.

Behind where she was stood, there was a small cluster of large and small boulders on the slant of a large hill. The black cat quietly dashed behind these boulders and poked its head from behind one, watching Kairi curiously. Namine finally caught up to Kairi as she gave her a look of disapproval.

"You need to be more careful with things like that, Kairi! You could have taken my eye out!"

Kairi only laughed at Namine in response as the cat placed its paw on the boulder in front of it, leaning over a little so that it could see the two girls better. However, a small bit of the rock crumbled off it. The cat meowed out of shock and quickly hid back behind one of the boulders.

The noise had caught both Namine's and Kairi's attention. They jumped back a bit as pieces of rock landed next to Kairi's foot, having rolled down the hill. The two looked up towards the line of boulders curiously. Namine frowned.

"Do you think those rocks came from there?"

Kairi gave a stiff nod.

"Probably. And I have a feeling there is someone else here besides us, Nami…"

Kairi had said the last bit out loud to make the person following them come out of hiding; however, the two girls were met with silence instead. This didn't please Kairi at all. She quickly picked up a few of the rocks that had landed by her foot and placed them in her palm. Namine watched Kairi's actions curiously, until she realised what she about to do.

"K-Kairi, I wouldn't-"

Her sentence was cut off the minute Kairi threw her arm forward, letting go of the rocks. They landed behind the boulders. A loud hiss soon followed. Namine and Kairi gasped then and backed up, becoming slightly scared. What was behind there?

Without another word, Kairi quickly grabbed hold of Namine's wrist and started dashing down the dirt path away from the gates. Namine stumbled a bit as her sister yanked her, but managed to get her feet to work and keep up with Kairi as they dashed away from where the boulders were as fast as they could.

Kairi had no idea where she was going, but at the moment she was only focused on getting her and her sister away from whatever was behind those boulders. Namine kept glancing back to make sure they weren't followed as they dashed over a small hill in the pathway, and past an old wooden cart which had been abandoned a long time ago.

When Kairi and Namine finally stopped running, the two found themselves surrounded by a large patch of barren ground. Dead grass and trees made the atmosphere around them much more terrifying than before. The two silently stood within a small circle made of tiny rocks on the ground as they looked around the area, trembling horridly. The only sounds that currently filled the air around them were the wind blowing harshly by, the sound of an owl calling out towards the sky, and their own heavy breathing.

"D-Did we lose it?" Kairi questioned with a shaky and quiet voice.

"I-I think so…! I didn't see anything chase us here, so-"

The two girls gasped simultaneously as they heard a small rustle come from the large patch of dead grass behind them. The two could hear tiny footsteps, but couldn't make out where it was coming from because of the wind. The same loud hiss they had heard before suddenly sounded behind them again, causing the two girls to scream out in horror and quickly swirl around to the source.

By this point, Kairi was shielding Namine with the stick she had been holding the entire time with both her trembling hands. The two seemed to calm down however when they saw a black cat stretch out its front paws, and stick its tail and butt up in the air. It appeared to be getting ready to pounce at them. It was standing on a large rock.

Namine let out a small sigh of relief.

"It was just a cat. What a relief…!"

Kairi on the other hand was not happy with this result. She glared angrily at the cat.

"You scared us to death, you mangy thing!"

She got into a fighting stance with the stick still held tightly in her hands. Namine frowned at her sister worriedly. The cat shifted its position a bit as it eyed Kairi with caution with its big blue eyes. It acted like it understood what Kairi said.

"K-Kairi, don't pick a fight with it…! It didn't mean any harm…!"

Kairi ignored her as she eyed the cat with annoyance.

"It interrupted our search for the old well! It scared us for nothing! I mean, look at it! It's old and scrawny! No wonder we mistook it for some kind of wild animal!"

The cat remained in the same position as Kairi pointed the end of the stick threateningly at it.

"Do you know where the well is?"

The cat straightened itself up a bit and blinked at Kairi in response. Namine huffed and slowly shook her head at her sister's actions.

"It's a cat, Kairi. It might be able to understand you, but it certainly can't tell you where the well is"

She slowly walked away from her as Kairi turned around to face Namine, moving out of the little circle on the ground.

"I don't see why you're so fascinated with the well, anyway. It's not as if the myth in that book is true! I know you're interested in myths and ancient stories like that, but…"

Kairi smirked at her sister as she held the stick up in front of her.

"On the contrary, that is what we came to find out, dear sister. Now watch and learn"

Namine facepalmed as Kairi slowly stepped out the circle, closing her eyes tightly and holding the stick up a bit higher in front of her.

"Oh Kingdom Hearts…"

The wind began to pick up a bit as Kairi finally came to a stop a small way away from the circle.

"Magic dowser, magic dowser… Show us the well!"

A loud horn sounded from above them, causing both Kairi and Namine to swirl around out of fright. Kairi's eyes were open now. Thunder rumbled through the air as the wind blew harshly around them. A lightning strike lit up what appeared to be two ghoul looking creatures sat on a small motorcycle on the hill above the girls. The one sat behind the ghoul driving the motorcycle appeared to be a bit taller. They both had bright white skull like faces, with bright glowing green eyes. The motorcycle had been pulled up by the smaller ghoul driving it onto its back wheel.

Kairi's and Namine's eyes widened as they both let out frightened gasps. That was something they both had not been expecting at all. The motorcycle came charging down towards them from the hill. Kairi was quick to get in front of Namine in an attempt to shield her as the motorcycle came towards them. Both girls screamed as they tried to back away from the charging bike.

The handle however knocked Kairi in her left side as it skimmed past them. She fell into Namine, and the two ended up falling into a small heap in the mud. The bike skidded to a halt as both riders quickly climbed off it. Lightning struck again as the two ghoul like riders approached the girls, lighting up their black raincoats, trousers and boots.

As Kairi and Namine tried to quickly scramble to their feet, now they were both caked in mud from their coats down to their boots, the two ghoul things seemed to remove their faces. They were actually masks. And behind the masks was a spiky brunette haired boy with bright blue eyes, and a long silver haired boy with greeny-blue eyes. He was the taller one, and appeared to be older than the brunette haired boy by a year. He also appeared to be a bit older than both Kairi and Namine too. The brunette however seemed to be around Kairi's age.

A wide grin came to the brunette haired boy's face as he picked up the stick that Kairi had been holding moments ago. He, along with the silver haired boy, wore black leather gloves on his hands.

"Hey, hey Riku! These must be from the family that moved into the Pink Palace a short while ago from Radiant Garden! You know, the ones Grandma told us about!"

The silver haired boy, now revealed to be Riku, glared at the younger boy.

"Sora, you do just realise you nearly ran over these two with your bike, right?"

The brunette, now revealed to be called Sora, rubbed the back of his head sheepishly with a gloved hand.

"Eheh… Oops"

Riku sighed heavily as he turned back towards Kairi and Namine, who appeared to have calmed down by now.

"I apologise for my cousin's carelessness. He did not mean to nearly run you both over"

Sora however was twisting the stick in between his hands curiously.

"What were you doing with this thing anyway? It just looks like some ordinary stick to me, not the magic you were shouting about. What were you trying to be? A water witch?"

Kairi got annoyed at that remark. She stormed forward towards Sora and snatched the stick away angrily.

"It's supposed to be a dowsing rod, thank you very much!"

Sora moved back then, alarmed by Kairi's sudden abruptness.

"And I certainly don't like the fact that you two were stalking me and my sister, or having your cat stalk us too!"

She pointed towards the black cat that had come to sit by Sora's foot. Sora stared down at the cat curiously.

"Oh, he's not our cat. He's… more of a stray, but me and my cousin do feed him. And sometimes he does tend to come to our bedroom window and leave us little dead things"

Sora gently stroked the cat's head as Namine cringed a bit at the "dead things" part of Sora's sentence. Kairi on the other hand didn't seem fazed by this at all. She was still angry.

"Look, we are from the family that just moved into the Pink Palace, if you must know. And if I am supposed to be some "water witch", then where's the secret well?"

Riku raised an eyebrow at Kairi then.

"You're actually trying to look for the old well? Why's that?"

Kairi narrowed her eyes at him then suspiciously. Namine kind of stepped in front of Kairi to cover up her glare.

"We just wanted to see if it actually existed. Well, my sister did anyway…"

At that, Kairi gently pushed Namine aside and took a couple of steps towards Riku, pointing the end of the stick at his throat.

"Do you know where it is?"

Riku looked down underneath Kairi's feet for a moment. She was stood back in the middle of the circle again.

"You're standing on it"

Kairi quickly looked down and yelped as she stumbled back out of the circle. Namine giggled a bit at Kairi's reaction as Riku knelt down and moved some of the mud away with his gloved hands. Underneath it there appeared to be something wooden. He gave it a small tap with his fist, causing a low hollow sound to echo around them.

"See"

He stood up again as Sora stuck a small plank of wood underneath the wooden thing, standing on it with his foot to lift it up. It was actually a wooden cover that had been placed over the well.

"Apparently this well is so deep, that if you were to fall in and hit the bottom, you would see a sky full of stars during the middle of the day"

Namine noticed that Sora's eyes seemed to light up with wonder as he said these words. She assumed he must be interested in the myths like Kairi was. As Kairi knelt down to examine the uncovered well, Sora continued talking to Namine instead.

"I'm surprised you were allowed to move in. You see, our Grandma happens to own the Pink Palace. She's the landlady. She has never allowed anyone into there who happen to have kids"

Namine raised an eyebrow at that. What an odd thing to do…

"Why's that?"

Riku gave Sora a small smack around the back of the head, sighing at Namine.

"Ignore Sora. He isn't supposed to be talking about those things, now are you?"

Sora gave a sheepish grin as he rubbed the back of his head where Riku had smacked him. Riku held out a hand towards Namine, showing her a friendly smile.

"But first, let's get properly acquainted. I'm Riku. Riku Dawn. And this is my younger cousin, Sora Hikari"

Sora gave Namine a cheesy grin as Riku said his name. Namine gave a friendly smile in return as she gently shook Riku's hand.

"I'm Namine. Namine Heart. And this is my older sister, Kairi. It's nice to meet you both!"

Kairi slowly stood up then and gave a small nod in response. She still didn't look happy.

"Hmph. Sure"

She grumbled that, but Namine still heard it. She frowned at her sister.

"Kairi, be nice!"

Kairi raised an eyebrow in return.

"I should be nice to the boys that nearly ran us over with their bike?"

She purposely said that emphasised so she could get Namine to understand why she was in such a foul mood. Namine went to object.

"Riku! Sora!"

She was interrupted however by a voice calling Sora and Riku. The two boys looked behind them in surprise as they heard an elderly like voice call out their names.

"Sounds like Grandma is calling us back, Sora"

Sora quickly dashed over towards his bike, quickly putting his mask back on. Riku followed him as Sora lifted his bike upright again. The two sat down on it as Namine and Kairi watched them in silence. Sora turned to the two, grinning underneath his mask.

"Well, it was nice to meet you both, especially the water witch…"

Kairi frowned at her nickname, causing Sora to cough awkwardly.

"But… Er… Kairi, was it? You might want to wear gloves next time"

Kairi raised an eyebrow at that.

"Why?"

Sora chuckled nervously.

"W-Well… Erm… Because that "dowsing rod" of yours is actually… poison oak! Bye!"

Sora quickly started his bike back up again as Kairi yelped and quickly dropped the stick, rubbing her hands on her raincoat. Namine placed a hand to her mouth to muffle her laughter as Sora and Riku charged away from the area. That did not help matters.

Kairi looked at her sister and glared angrily.

"Don't. You. Dare"

Namine coughed to hide her laughter and looked away from her sister awkwardly. The cat looked back at the two curiously before quickly bounding away. Kairi huffed annoyed.

"I hate that scrawny furball…"

Namine giggled a bit as she started walking away from the area.

"Well, we've found the well now! There's no need for you to worry about the cat anymore! Let's go before it pours down with rain"

Kairi knelt back down by the well however, picking up a bit of mud in her hands.

"Wait! I wanna try something"

Namine stopped and looked back as she saw Kairi rolling the soggy mud in between her palms, trying to form it into a small ball.

"Kairi, stop playing around in the mud! We need to go!"

"I know! I know! I just want to see if what Sora said is true"

Namine slowly walked back to her sister and knelt down on one knee beside the well, raising an eyebrow.

"You actually believe what Sora said?"

Kairi shook her head slowly, giving Namine a small smile.

"Of course not! I just want to make sure he isn't right though"

Then, without warning, Kairi quickly shoved the small ball of mud through a tiny hole in the wooden cover. Both Kairi and Namine turned their heads to the side simultaneously and leaned down towards the wooden cover, pressing their ears against the wood. Their heads were nearly touching.

The two of them waited in silence as the wind around them began to worsen. After a short while, a splashing sound echoed around the inside of the well. The two girls quickly lifted up their heads again as Kairi smirked triumphantly.

"Ha! I knew it! The well isn't that deep!"

That was when Kairi cringed as a cold drop of water landed on the top of her head. This was soon followed by another landing on the ground beside her, which turned into loads of water drops starting to hammer down from the sky. It had started raining.

Namine glared at Kairi as the two slowly stood up. She struggled to yank up the hood of her raincoat over her head.

"I told you it was going to rain!"

Kairi gave Namine a playful shrug.

"Hey, a bit of water won't kill you, right? I'll race you back home!"

Before Namine could say anymore, Kairi had already started running away from the well and back towards the path, clumsily pulling her hood up. With a frown, Namine dashed after her.

"Hey! Wait for me!"