User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Spring Festival: Special Chapters, Review/@comment-24467372-20140330163552/@comment-24039250-20140330204930

I believe that the reason why she appears young despite clearly being older is simply because she is a fairy. I'm guessing that fairies and demons age differently to that of humans. As to the "how did she die" question, I feeling its Zeref related,and for the why hasn't she passed on question, also Zeref related.