Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24090992-20131025093532/@comment-32390199-20131106224628

According to me Cora ruled in Wonderland during Alice's first visit, when she was still a little girl. After Alice returned back to VE Cora probably stayed there for a while until Hook came. The two of them just left Wonderland, however as soon as they arrived in EF, Anastasia and Will already should be in Wonderland.

So I guess that Anastasia and Will just lived as normals there and when Cora was gone Anastasia saw the chance to grab the throne. And although we don't know the time in Wonderland and VE, Cora stayed in EF for 28 years with Hook.

In VE 10 years passed when Alice visited Wonderland for a few days, so her second visit also must have been so long that about 20 years passed (as she did age in VE to a young adult). But to summon it up Cora ruled when Alice was young, Anastasia when Alice is a young adult.