Quote Originally Posted by Sephitachi7
Who appears at the very beginning of the game and the very end (not counting the credits and the Red XIII part at the end), that would be Aeris. So if one of the two has to be the main girl, it is Aeris. But I believe SquareSoft meant for both to be the major girl role.
Plenty of RPG's dont have the main heroine appear at the very beginning.