Well here's my newest fanfic! It's my first Final Fantasy VII story and my first time travel story so please no harsh reviews! It takes during Crisis Core and it kind of goes into the storyline so it can't be AU. I own nothing of FF except for my OCs. This story will be told in various POVs, both my OCs and the original characters.

Anyway, enough of my lecture. Enjoy the story! :D

Chapter 1: Why Are We Friends Again?

Melody POV

"Hey, Melody! Heads up!"

On instinct, I whirled around and snatched an object out of the air just before it collided with my head. Bringing my hand down, I studied the dull, gray orb that lay in my palm. It almost looked like…

"Zana, is this materia?" I asked as my childhood friend came to stand next to me.

"I'm not sure, to be honest," Zana admitted and shook her head, causing her blond curls to bounce. "Kinda looks like it though, am I right?"

"It's the year 0483; materia doesn't exist anymore." I pointed out, gazing at the object. "Where'd you find this?"

"In my backyard," Zana answered, trying to take the sphere from me. "It looks dull doesn't it? That makes it really old, right?"
I took my eyes off of the materia to look at her. "Zana, materia loses its color when it runs out of power. Materia can last forever."

"Then how come it doesn't exist anymore, hmm?" She asked, countering my statement.

I was silent for a moment. "Touché, my friend."

Zana giggled at my response but leaned in close and whispered, "We're still going to the ruins of Midgar, right?"

I pushed her away playfully. "Yes, we're going tomorrow." I replied, putting emphasis on tomorrow.

"Aww, why can't we go today? Right now?" Zana whined as I began to walk away.

"Because we have classes to attend," I answered.

"Ew! Boring! I mean, what more do we know about Don Corneo or ALVANCHE? They're unexciting and uninteresting! The only person I need and want to know about is the handsome Sephiroth!" Zana ranted as she fell in step with me.

"He tried to destroy the world," I reminded her.

"And?" Zana remarked and attempted to steal the materia from me again. "He's smart and calculating, not to mention super sexy."

I stopped walking and placed my hands on my hips. "You want me to tell who's really sexy? I'm going to quote something he said and you have to guess who said it. If you get it right I'll give your materia back and we'll even go to Midgar."

Zana smirked at me. "Bring it," she prompted.

"'I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man. A little fear will control the minds of the common people. There's no reason to waste money on them.'"

"Ha! That's too easy! Rufus Shinra." Zana replied snatching the materia from me.

"So I guess you do have some form of intelligence," I stated, earning a sharp punch from my friend.

"Say whatever you want, you owe me now." Zana said and linked her arm with mine. "Come on, best friend, we've got some ruins to visit!"

"Dammit," was I could say before Zana began to lead me to the edge of, well, Edge. Naturally, she made us walk through what could be considered the slums. Zana pulled me behind her and led me through the dark slimy alleys. I couldn't stand walking through all of the poverty and filth and Zana knew it. But, in her mind, Zana comes first and she absolutely loved this part of Edge. Not only was it the easiest way out of the city but it also allowed her to show off her wealth and status.

Zana and I were part of the upper class; we were the elite with everything we desired. We were filthy rich and boy did Zana love to remind everyone that! That was also the other reason she chose to travel through here, so that we could remind the poor that we were rich and powerful.

Honestly, sometimes I hated my best friend.

"Melody, come here! You won't believe what I'm seeing!"

"Ugh, do I have to?" I mumbled and tore my eyes away from the magnificent Shinra Headquarters. Well, what remained of the awesome building.

"Oh, Melody! I've found the entrance to the Shinra Building!" Zana called in a singsong voice. "But if you don't feel like coming over here then I guess I'll just go look around somewhere else."

"Dammit, you win!" I shouted as I raced to where she was.

And, for once, Zana wasn't lying about what she had found. She stood, her hands on her hips, cocking her head in the direction of the front doors. Sure the doors were no longer there but who cares? I finally had the chance to go into the greatest building ever.

"I love you forever!" I said to Zana as I walked past her. She smirked but made no response. Instead she slowly followed me as I marveled at my surroundings.

We stood together as I gazed around the lobby of the Shinra building. Honestly, it looked better in photographs but I was still awed at the sight. The room was dirty and dark with plants growing up out of the floor. Banners with "Shinra Electric Power Company" printed on them lay torn and tattered on the floor and the ones that still hung on the walls had slashes going through them. Glass and other debris littered the floor and we were forced to watch where we stepped as we continued into the building.

We made our way up the first staircase and continued to explore our new playground. Once we had reached the top, Zana spotted the elevators and skipped over to them. To my surprise, she actually pushed the button and waited for the doors to open. When the door didn't open, she pushed the button three more times before returning to me.

"Melody, the doors won't open!" Zana cried.

"Gee, I wonder why," I muttered rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, me too," Zana replied.

I stared at her in disbelief. "You're such a retard."

"How are we supposed to get to the top floors if the elevators don't work, miss smart ass?" Zana asked, angry at what I had said.

"Well you know, professor, they invented this handy thing before elevators. They're called 'stairs'." I replied walking towards another staircase.

"Well, you're kind of, you know, a bitch." Zana retorted but followed me nevertheless. "So where are we going now?"

"The Science Department floor," I answered.

"But that's on the sixty-seventh floor!" Zana exclaimed.

"Then I suggest you get ready for some walking." I responded, not looking back.

Numerous floors and several breaks later, we arrived at our destination. I quickly ran around, beginning my investigation of the area while Zana sank to the floor. The whole Science floor was in more disarray than the ground floor, probably because it was so close to the top floor which had been blasted by the Diamond Weapon centuries previous.

As I stumbled my way through the obstacles I came to a closed door. The door bothered me for some reason and I pushed it open. Inside, the room looked like the rest of the floor; pieces of the ceiling were on the floor and most of the equipment looked badly damaged. Still, something still didn't seem right so I stepped inside.

The moment I stepped into the room a computer screen came to life. "That's not possible." I said to myself as I approached the computer.

The monitor whizzed and shut off, but turned on again and a bunch of zeros and ones flashed across the screen.

"Necessary power acquired. Please select destination." Came a voice from the computer.

"What?" I asked.

The computer beeped. "Destination not selected. Please present item of destination."

"Wait, what?" I asked again.

That moment Zana appeared. "Melody look at what I found! It's a keycard but it's broken. Someone must have broken it." She turned her attention to the computer. "Melody is that computer on? How'd you get power to it?"

"Zana shut up for a minute." I said to her.

"No, oh hell no! We walked sixty-seven fucking flights and you could get power? Why didn't you put power into the fucking elevators?" Zana yelled coming up behind me.

"Shut the fuck up, Zana! Please, just for five minutes!" I growled back to her.

Before Zana could reply the computer beeped again. "Object confirmed. Preparing system for time jump."

"D-Did it just say 'time jump'?" Zana asked, clutching my arm.

Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of the computer and zapped us. I felt an electric current rush through me and I screamed. Zana squeezed my arm even tighter, her nails digging into my skin, and she screamed as well. Then, we felt our bodied being thrown this way and that and eventually I passed out.

Yeah, I know, it sucks. Don't remind me. :P Anyway don't forget to review!