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I have only just rewatched the series in Wonderland and I do have to say the link is almost set in stone. There are several references to their relationship both verbal and with cameos. The "mother" who appeared in Wonderland sounded and acted very much like Lady Tremaine in Cinderella. She wants her daughter to become queen or at the very least marry a nobleman. This ties in with Lady Temaine going to extreme levels to ensure one of her daughters marry the prince. In the sequal she makes possible with the fairy godmothers wand and uses Annastasia rather then Drizella.

We can also use the fact the "mother" uses the phrase "at least I still have your sisters" to mean she was refering to Drizella and Cinderella.

The Jabberwocky doesn't even say the prince chose her sister to Ana but says he chose your step sister. Now that is a pretty big clue because if it was not Cinderella she was referring to and was a random sister then why not just say he chose your sister? Why go to the effort of making a point that it was a step sister? In fact why mention the prince thing at all? The fact she does mention a prince, and a prince picking her step sister over her, surely this is to make you think Cinderella. It was the very first thing I thought when I heard it.

Then we have the cameo of Ashley/Cinderella in Storybrook, in not just a cameo roll she was featured quite significantly for it to be more then a cameo. Plus she actually has dialogue, both to Leroy/Grumpy and to Will. That is a big coincidence choosing that character who not only "cameos" but actually is the first character we see (along with Leroy). This is standand foreshadowing and when you add it to all the other links its not just foreshadowing, its grabbing you by the neck and forcing the story of Cinderlla down your throat.

I really hope they do confirm it on the show and I do hope the fact the both Will and Ashley were brought back for season 4 is also a little freshadowing. Someone else mentioned the fact that Cinderella is the writers least favourite story but Cinderlla is a huge character in the Disney brand. I felt really annoyed we did not get the full Cinderella story during her episode. We had no pumkin, no mice, no ball, no losing the slipper (which was strange as the slipper was specifically mentioned) no meeting the prince and no duke. I hope the writers will give us more Cinderella flashbacks, I doubt it but you never know.