User blog comment:RennaGraceCarter/Chapter 327 My Part Too - Review/@comment-203.82.92.26-20130414012153/@comment-5951335-20130414062651

In response to Zero-J's comment, I do think that Zeref met Natsu in the past (in one of the episodes, he remarks on how much Natsu has grown), and might have had a part in sending them to the future, definitely. However, I also believe Layla had a part in it too, and possibly had connections to Zeref (Lucy remembers that her mother told her about the 'One Magic', something that the followers of Zeref, Grimoire Heart, were after), but whether they were good or bad connections, I don't know.