Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

1.6: To Aeris's House

Go upwards to get to Aeris’s house, though you'll have to pass through a few smaller areas first. Go left, then up, and talk to the people here/poke into the houses. There are shops and conversations, and that's about it. This affects a future event. Enable spoilers for details.

Go up into the green light, then around the house, up the ladder, and through the first top garden. Go down and you can get a Cover materia, and an Ether. Once you have these, go into her house and meet her mother, Elmyra.

Before you step out of the bedroom with Cloud, pick up the little white package on the floor containing a Potion and a Phoenix Down. The actual escaping is tricky; if you step on a squeaky step, Aeris will come out, and then you'll have to do it over. Stay near the wall until just before her door, then go downstairs and head down where you came from.