User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 5 - A Moonlit Lake, Review./@comment-7418318-20141117130146

I was sure that Zeira was dead at some point, but now I don't know... I'll just have to wait and see.

Not that I'm frustrated or anything. I think it's kinda cool how Mashima can keep us (or at least me) guessing and keeps both possibilities (or all three, see below) open.

It'd be interesting if it turned out that the real Zeira is indeed dead and this Zeira is some other entity that felt sorry for Mavis and took on Zeira's shape and role to comfort her in her loneliness. Maybe even a Fairy? :3