User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/Dragons, People and Demons.../@comment-4469678-20120729085813

I have this theory that there was a huge timeskip or jump prior to the series. There are several clues pointing to this: 1) zeref knew natsu and was disappointed he couldnt beat him. Zeref might be the old dragon king and he saw potential in natsu and tried to kill him? This triggered the war in which zeref was sealed? 2) the mural in 292 had a guy with natsus scarf on it. A painting depicting the last dragon king festival? 3) natsu and gajeel were unable to pass the 80-yr olds barrier. Thsy might have been locked up with the rest of the slayers for thousands of years in stasis 4)sting and rogue being apprentices of natsu and gajeel. 5) the fact that natsu has to TELL everyone the dragons disappeared 14 yrs ago. Dragons are huge creatures. If they existed till about a few years ago, ppl would have seen them around or atleast heard of them. But this never happens Imagine this scenario: a huge war thousands of years ago fought over the dragon slayers. The dragons and some humans gang up against zeref(he creates acnologia to fight the dragons) and eventually beat him. They realize he will wake again so they freeze the slayers to fight him when he wakes up. Their memory of the war is wiped and when they wake up one fine day on 777 they cannot find their protectors and assume that they have vanished not realizing they have been absent for several millenia. Also natsu and gajeel could have been tasked with protecting sting and rogue. But only sting and rogue remember this. How old are they in the FT world really? The same age as natsu and co(+7)?