User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 347: Red, Blue, Blond Hair Fight! Review and Commentary/@comment-7418318-20130816145659

I wouldn't rule the connection with the tower of heaven out just yet.

Though I hope it won't, it might still turn out that Flare is from one of the villages raided by the Zeref cult during the child hunts, lost her parents but somehow managed to slip away only to later wander into the giant's village.