User blog comment:SATOSHISUMI/Grand Magic Games Arc Theories/@comment-904888-20120627021839

Take in mind that the premonition is nothing but a glimpse into the future on Carla's part, thus the scene where Lucy kneeling before Zeref and mentioning how she'd never meet Natsu again could be just a small scene to an other wise possibly much larger plot line. Rather than the end, it may very well be just the middle or even the beginning of a very long chain.

Jellal bidding fairwell, though not desirable on my part, is certainly not out of the question. 'Mystogan' unintentionally bumping into Doranbolt will probably start a cascading chain of events that could involve a LOT of people (authorities, FT, other guilds, Crime Sorciere...)