Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24090992-20131025093532/@comment-5235494-20131026161038

I'm assuming that the timeline is as follows:

- Regina pushes Cora through the Looking Glass, and at some point, she becomes the Queen of Hearts.

- A young Alice visits Wonderland ((the amount of time she spent here is still not entirely clear, as she returns as a little girl in the Victorian England world, but an older version of her is shown stealing a piece of the Caterpillar's mushroom and running through Cora's maze - where she meets Cyrus. Either time in Wonderland is different - Alice was there for many years, but in leaving turned back to a little girl and was only missing for four days - or Alice visited on more than one occasion. More than likely, it is the latter)

- Either before or after Alice's visit, Will stole a looking glass from Maleficent in the Enchanted Forest, as to open up a portal for himself and Anastasia which could lead them to Wonderland, which is still ruled by the Queen of Hearts.

- For reasons unknown, Anastasia was either trained by the Queen of Hearts or stole magic from her. If the latter, the Queen may have forced Will to be her Knave of Hearts as revenge, having ripped out his heart and stored it away to control him, or perhaps Anastasia became corrupt by magic and turned wicked, driving Will away from her. There are a numerous amount of possibilities for how Anastasia turned bad and Will became the Knave. It is evident, however, that Anastasia does not like Cora.

- The Queen of Hearts captures her former husband - Regina's father - and shrinks him down to size in order to trap him in her vaults. With help from a man named Jefferson and a hat which could traverse worlds, Regina retrieves her father and heads back to the Enchanted Forest, but Jefferson is captured by the Queen of Hearts and questioned on how he came to Wonderland (NOTE: the fact that Cora questions everyone who comes to Wonderland could be a possible reference to Anastasia, who came to Wonderland and became a threat). Jefferson is forced to construct another hat which could lead him back to the Enchanted Forest (and also, possibly, so that Cora could reunite with Regina again).

- Word somehow spreads to Wonderland of Regina's curse.

- Regina sends Hook to kill the Queen of Hearts in return for him being able to kill Rumpelstiltskin after the curse was enacted. The Queen tells Hook that Regina deceived him, as the curse would wi[e away his memories of Rumpelstiltskin and, thus, all memories of getting revenge. Hook is manipulated by Cora into taking her back to the Enchanted Forest, and later, as the curse hits, Cora creates a protective barrier which will freeze them for 28 years until the curse is broken.

- Will and Jefferson are sent to Storybrooke, Maine (NOTE: Regina stated that she took to Storybrooke who she wanted. We know why she took Jefferson, and as for Will, remember that he stole from Maleficent - Regina's only friend)

- Somehow, during the 28 years that Cora was away, Anastasia seized the throne of Wonderland, becoming the Red Queen. It is unknown how she escaped the Dark Curse along with several other inhabitants of Wonderland.