Prologue

"I know what you are..." Tifa whispered under her breath which broke through the piercing silence, feeling a spine chilling shiver tremble through her. She knew it, deep down in her soul that this would change things between them forever. The fighter knew that she was getting herself into things she knew she should stay well away from. The threat she should have felt should have been enough for her to turn around and run away. Well away. She should have known better but something was pulling her down towards the threat, like gravity. Her will was stronger. Both her heart and her brain were sending her mixed signals. She had already chosen which she would listen to and there was no flicker of doubt about it. "Are you afraid?"

Tifa breathed in and locked onto his piercing sapphire eyes in contrast to her ruby ones. Like fire and water and the constant endeavour. Her heart flickered and ached. She knew what she was getting herself into but she refused to back away for the love she held was strong and pure. It was worth fighting for. Even if it meant dyeing for it.

"...No..."

Like Woah

"Up and down and side to side,every inch of me is like woah woah, got me feeling like woah woah!" - Aly & Aj ~ Like Woah

The sun was shining and the air was pure in the busy city of Edge, all that could be heard was the occasional noise of a passing car driving by followed by children's laughter. There were ice crème vans parked up street paths, the smell of freshly cut grass and the warmth radiating from the suns heat. It was late August, and there was a strong sense of disappointment and anxiousness in all the kids stomachs of the recurring thought of returning back to school. The last day of August was indeed a sad one. It marked the last day of the summer break. The very last day until everything turned back to normal routine. Everyone would miss the sweet weather, the excitement as they boarded an airship to their dream holiday and of course the days where you would wake up late and not do a single thing all day. Yes, this seemed like an ordinary day but was soon to turn very different at the new arrival.

"Wow, this is such a big city!" A 17 year old girl with dark brown hair and ruby glistening eyes said as she walked causally out of Edge's train station. The girl had long dark brown hair that ended near her waist and an angelic heart shaped face. She was wearing a white tank top followed with cute cut off blue boy shorts which was accompanied by a pair of over used tatty red converse. She had a big red rucksack strapped to her back and a massive luggage bag standing upright. She obviously was new in town. She peered at her instructions and map and looked for directions. She asked a few random people passing by where a bar called "Seventh Heaven" would be. They directed her but she still felt completely confused. She was out of her element.

"This city is so big compared to my little town..." She sulked as she dragged her heavy luggage down the station steps. Her forehead started to sweat. The weight of her luggage and the hot summer weather was so not helping her. She made her way to the centre of the town and gasped in exertion. Where do I go now? She thought to herself. She looked around wildly from corner to corner and started to go down any random road, hoping that the gods would direct her to the destination. An hour dragged by as she walked around endlessly, winding up where she first started her infuriating journey to find the stupid bar. To make things worse she was developing painful blisters on her feet and was extremely thirsty.

"Oh what the hell!" She screamed, already getting irritated. She gave up and sat on a wooden bench , rubbing her aching feet. First day is such a fail, I hope this isn't a bad omen...

Somewhere on the other side of town a 17 year old boy with dark raven hair with piercing blue eyes screamed with excitement at his new prototype.

"This is defiantly gonna' be fast!" He air punched the sky and grinned from edge to edge.

"Guess this is gonna' need to be tested..." He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. This was a sign of his anxiety. Sure he wanted to test it out but what happened if things back fired? It would be pretty hard to live down if something happened. Oh just get on with it you idiot! He thought to himself, wheeling out the prototype motorcycle out of his shabby garage and onto the road side.

"Okay! Prototype number 3 please oh boy please run smoothly," He put one leg over the bike and hopped onto the seat, leaving his left leg balancing himself on the bike, "Come on girl..." He held onto the clutch and revered up the engine, putting his foot slowly onto the pedal. He shut off the gas and let go of the clutch and with that the bike woke up and growled with a loud grumble, shooting off down the road at lightning speed.

"OH YEAHH!" He screamed, zooming past passing houses, trees and pavements. Faces blurred past him, sometimes shouting things that he couldn't interpretate.

"SORRY!" He yelled looking slightly back. The bike suddenly had a mind of its own, refusing to stop. The boy hit the break with full power but the animal wasn't backing down that easily.

"Shit!" The bike was zooming down the road, even with the boys failed attempts to slow it down was short lived. He steered it right then left then right again, dogging on coming cars and trucks. SHIT I'M DONE! His head screamed. He was going so fast that his hair was on stand and his eyes leaked from the sides, courtesy from the rushing wind. He suddenly saw a person in front, crossing the road. The animal rumbled seeing its target and still didn't stop, even with the boy mashing down the break with full force.

"GET OUTTA THE WAY!" He boomed, but it was way too late for the person to witness the monster that was coming towards them at full speed. CRAP! The boy yanked the steering handles and abruptly the whole body of the bike swerved, successfully missing the target but unfortunately heading for the centre monument. The fountain..

The girl found herself in shock. Things slowly started to process in her head. One – She had chosen to cross the road, two - a Jack ass on a speeding motorcycle nearly ran her over and three – she was ninety nine point nine percent sure that the stupid jerk had just crashed with full speed into the centre monument. A rush of random people flooded to the scene. Some asked the girl if she was alright and if she was injured.

"I'm okay!...I think," She nervously laughed, picking up her luggage and rolling it out to the injured party. "Someone call an ambulance!"

A bunch of on-lookers ran towards to the boy who had fallen dangerously off the bike and landed somewhere on the hard ground.

"Oh...mmm...I...'m...alrigh..t" He said, brutally injured and hurt. The crowd of people slowly dispersed, clearing a space for the poor boy to stand. The girl swiftly dragged her luggage to the boy who had nearly killed her by accident.

"Are you okay?" She asked him, looking down at his injured face. "You're bleeding!"

"Someone call an ambulance!" Someone shouted from the crowd. The boy on the floor jerked up, wincing a little.

"No... I'm alright, I'm fine, just a few cuts that's all!" He said, trying to smile but flinched from the stinging pain. How can he still be standing? That fall was enough to shatter his spinal cord! The girl thought to her self, putting her luggage down. People were still concerned but gradually started to depart, believing that the boy was 'okay'.

"I'm okay, wish I could say the same for my bike!" He picked up parts of his bike that had smashed off from impact. "Man this is going to be expensive to fix..." The girl knelt beside him and picked up a random part of his poor broken up bike.

"You sure you're okay? You have a massive cut on your forehead!" The girl stated, grabbing at a handkerchief out of her pocket, "Don't worry it's clean." She started to dab at his cut that was slightly throbbing red liquid.

"Erm, thanks?" He blushed and backed away, wiping at his cut furiously, "I'm fine, don't worry!" The girl raised her eyebrow up. They both stood up.

"I am, I promise!" She still didn't believe him, "If my head was any harder you could use it as a cannon ball!" He laughed. The sides of the girls mouth peaked but she still was serious.

"Are you okay though? You were the person crossing the road right?" She nodded and laughed.

"I was like woah! I really didn't have a chance to react..." His brow furred as he listened, "It's not every day you nearly have a motorcycle crash into you,"

She laughed and smiled, tilting her head to the side slightly. "You sure you're alright? That was quite a fall."

She's cute! The boy thought as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yep, I ache a lot but I've been through worse," He smiled back and laughed.

"How can things be possibly worse than that!" She laughed back, shaking her head from side to side in disbelief. This boy is utterly reckless! But I have to hand it to him he has guts! She thought to herself.

"Hey do you know where I can find a bar called the seventh heaven?" She asked politely, showing him some information she had printed off the computer a few days before making the trip to Edge.

"Yeah sure, you've got to go that way," He pointed over to a direction, "and then go up the road and it should be on your next right."

The girl smiled then nodded and picked back up her luggage, "Thanks!" She began to walk in the direction the boy had just shown her.

"Hey! What's your name?" He shouted from afar. She was already a good distance away from him.

She turned around and answered, "Tifa Lockhart, nice to meet you!" She smiled and waved.

"Zack Fair! See you around I guess!" She shrugged and smiled.
"I guess!" She laughed, and turned back around, slowly disappearing down the long dark road.

Wonder where she came from, I sure haven't seen her around. Suddenly a hand was placed on Zacks shoulder.

"Zack Fair, I should have known it was you..." Zack turned around and winced. The polices new recruitment, Jessie, was on the scene.
"You're in very big trouble for speeding, driving without a licence, and damaging public property," she said sternly. And with that, Zack knew that as soon as he got home he was going to get the biggest telling off the world. Oh crap...

"So ther' she is!" A man boomed from over the counter from inside the bar. There were wooden stools planted at random wooden tables, and a long bar at the end of the room. There also was a little staging area in the corner of the bar, holding a old looking wooden piano and an electric mic. Tifa grinned and closed the door entrance behind her. She had finally made her way to seventh heaven unscratched, almost. She set down her luggage and gave the big man a friendly embrace.
"Barret, its been a long time," She smiled and let go of the beastly man. He was massive, and was strong built. His skin was glowing a healthy tan and one of his arms had been moulded into a gun arm due to an accident that happened a few years back.

"Tifa, send ya' regards to yer' ol' man," He went over to her luggage and picked it up without hesitation. He makes it look so easy... Tifa thought to herself as she watched him lift the heavy luggage up the stairs. She followed him up the wooden stairs and went into a room on the left.

"This is yer' room..." Barret pointed out, setting the luggage down on the floor and pointing toward the new bed sheets, "the sales lady picked out purple, yer' like purple'?"

"Purple good," Tifa smiled observing the room. The room was average size and inside sat a single bed, a work desk accompanied by a small work lamp. There was a blue rug sitting on the wooden floor and a empty wooden wardrobe in the corner of the room. There was also a large window with white curtains that made the whole room light up.

"So yer'.. I'll let ya' unpack," He turned around and started to exit, "Marlene will be home later, so come a see er', she's been expecting ya'." He laughed and then left. The best thing about Barret is he doesn't hover. Tifa sighed in exhaustion from her very long journey and sat on the end of the bed, thinking of the reasons why she had to make her journey in the first place.

She came from a little village called Nibelheim. Her father was out on business all the time and was never around which made life at home very lonely for Tifa Lockhart. Her mother had passed away when she was only young which meant she had no time to be a child and grew up very quickly. Her father hated the fact he had to leave her alone while he was out on business so he finally pulled out of her school in Nibelheim and made arrangements to transfer her to the city of Edge's high school. He had an old family friend who lived there and asked if he could give his daughter accommodation in exchange for her to work a few shifts at the bar. Of course the man agreed because he knew the strain the Lockhart family had been having due to Tifa's mother dyeing early. Tifa herself didn't mind leaving her little town, she was actually quite relived. The city of Edge had many more career prospects. It saved her from moving there when she was older. Sure she missed her father but she always felt that she was alone being at home so why should this be any different? She had known Barret and his daughter Marlene mostly all her life and counted them as family. The only family she had.

Tifa heard voices coming from down stairs which stopped her flow of thought. The voice seemed to be asking for her. Tifa smiled to herself and instantly knew who it was. She got up and made her way downstairs to the bar. There stood a little girl with light brown hair that was tightly plaited. She was wearing a white dress and white shoes to match. She had a cute angelic face and strawberry red lips. Her eyes where brown and inviting.

"Marlene!" And with that, Tifa hurried towards the girl who was also hurrying towards her. They caught each other in a tight embrace and both laughed.

"I've missed you girl!" Tifa said, hugging her harder. The little girl laughed and hugged her back as hard as could.

"I've missed you too Teef!" The small girl let go and rubbed her face where Tifa had gave her a big kiss. "Eww!" Tifa laughed and ruffled up her hair, knowing that this it was she hated.

"Hey!" She frowned and flattened her hair down with her little hands, "meanie!"

Both Barret and Tifa laughed at the little girl. Tifa smiled and knew she was going to be okay, she already felt like she was at home. She already felt that this is where she truly belonged.

The clock read 7.00PM and Tifa Lockhart had successfully finished her first shift at the Seventh heaven bar. She had collected used cups and pints, scrubbed the tables, moped the floor and washed the cubs and pints she had collected. It was fair to say that she was well and truly beat. She yawned and thanked Barret again for letting her stay in his home. She put Marlene to bed and returned to her room. She could still hear the bellowing laughter of the old customers down stairs. This was something she would have to get used to from now on. She unpacked her suitcases and rucksack, putting her clothes neatly in the drawer and wooden wardrobe. She got all of her necessities and put them in a translucent bag, then put it in the top draw. She cringed at the thought of one bathroom. This was another thing she would also have to get used to. She popped to the bathroom and placed her green toothbrush in the pot along with Barret's and Marlene's. She then returned back to her room and unpacked her cell. She had promised her father that she would call him as soon as she got settled.

"Hi dad," She lay down on her bed horizontally and kicked of her tatty red converse off her aching feet.

"Hey sport, how is everything? Did you get there alright?"

"Yeah things are good, the train was on time for once. I just finished my first shift at the bar," She answered, twirling a strand of hair between her fingers. She was not going to mention the near death experience involving a a bike nearly smashing into her. That would only make her poor father worry even further.

"Tifa, please be careful, a big city like Edge is very dangerous full with weirdos-"

"Don't worry dad I'm not totally useless I can fight you know!" Tifa argued. She hated it when people thought she was weak.

"Yes I know honey but you're not superwoman, you're still my little girl," Tifa rolled her eyes at this, "And don't roll your eyes at me Tifa Lockhart!"

"How did you know-"

"I know you too well honey," Her father laughed. Tifa also joined in. She suddenly felt a pang of pain hit her chest.

"I miss you dad," She sniffed.

"I miss you too sport but you have to be strong, no tears okay?" Tifa smiled and nodded to herself. She loved her father very much and wished that she could spend more time with him.

"Well I have to go now honey, remember you can email, text and call me whenever you want," Tifa sighed.

"Sure dad, bye, I love you."

"Bye, I love you too honey,"

She clicked 'end call' and put her cell down on top of the drawer. She looked back to the clock that was hanging on the white glossed wall. It read 8:15PM. She suddenly remembered that tomorrow was the big day, she would have to go to Edge's popular high school. She thought of her old high school and instantly missed her old friends. You'll be fine She kept telling herself, wishing that she would actually believe her own advice. It wasn't working at the butterflies in her stomach were causing an up roar of nerves. She felt unbelievably sick and knew she wasn't going to sleep well tonight. She arranged what clothes she would wear the next day and packed her school bag up, putting a letter of enrolment she had received a few weeks ago. She also put her cell, stationary and a few old text books In the red rucksack. There everything's done She thought to herself. She put her bag near the door and then slipped into her old sweats and got into her new bed. Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep. She kept telling herself, shutting her eyes tight. All was in vain because her mind was focused on the nerve racking day that was laid in front of her. She sat bolt upright and checked the clock on the wall yet again. The time read 9:30. She groaned in annoyance and fell back to her pillow. 1 chocobo, 2 chocobo, 3 chocobo, 4 chocobo... The daylight had slowly turned to dusk then to twilight then to complete and utter darkness. The night air was drafting through the opened window, making the white curtains waver. Tifa had finally fallen into a peaceful slumber, dreaming endlessly of the day that she previously had. She almost looked angelic.

What was in store for her she did not know, but it was enough to change the course of her life forever...

A/N - I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS OR THEMES, I only own the plot. Hey guys! my first fan fiction posted on here! It's a twilight/FF7 crossover! I've made it more on the ff7's side and used the themes of Twilight. I hope the first chapter is okay D: apologies if there are any mistakes. Reviews would be nice hehe :3 I'm not a massive fan of Twilight and i hate some aspects in the storyline. 3 i love Zack haha XD a bit of an abrupt opening for that charater eh? Anyway stay tuned and the next chapter should be uploaded very soon! :) Thanks for reading x