Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-1293767-20131027034506/@comment-2157876-20131101161912

I think she might be Ashley's step sister, I always thought it was curious her cameo, because from all OUAT characters that could've been chosen to be on the pilot that link both series here we see a character that only appeared on 2 episodes on season one and then we never saw her again and neither was mentioned on the following seasons.

We saw Leroy but Granny could've been on the pilot, or another dwarf, or Archie, which are more familiar to the show, but we have Ashley instead.

Another reason to think it might be the step sister is that on the Animated cannon of Cinderella, Anastasia was given a more attention to her character, considering  Cinderella direct to video sequels, Anastasia had a more prominent role and she was a very important character on Cinderella 3, for some reason Disney took interest on this character and given the series way to describe villians on the show (Hook was turned into an something like an  antihero) I think the writers found interesting telling Anastasia's quest for her happy ending.