User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 337 : R.I.P Fairy Tail/@comment-77.195.192.128-20130630083736/@comment-15267891-20130630092901

It was Future Lucy who made present Lucy useful in this arc. They were totally clueless of what to happen in the original timeline. But they are still the same person, be it present or future.