Gretel (True North)

"You're... you're letting us go?"

- Gretel to the Evil Queen

Gretel is a minor character on Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the ninth episode of the first season. She is played by Karley Scott Collins, and is the fairytale counterpart of Ava Zimmer.

Gretel is the twin sister of Hansel and the daughter of the Woodcutter. She and her brother are chosen by the Evil Queen to steal something precious from the Blind Witch.

Gretel is one of the titular characters in Hansel and Gretel.

Season One
When her father goes missing in the woods, she and her brother Hansel decide to go look for him. The siblings bump into the Evil Queen along the way. She tells them that she will help them find their father if they help her with something.

She asks them to go into the home of the Blind Witch and steal a bag while the witch is asleep. She also warns them not to eat anything. They manage to sneak inside but Hansel eats a cupcake, waking up the witch.

It is only because of Gretel's quick thinking that they are able to get out of the gingerbread house alive. They deliver the bag to the Evil Queen. It is shown that the bag contains the apple that the Queen uses to poison Snow White and Henry Mills (in An Apple Red as Blood).

Impressed by their bravery, the Evil Queen offers to let them stay with her instead of her finding their father. Hansel and Gretel decline and tell her to find their father instead. The Queen becomes angry and magically sends them back into the forest. It is shown that she was the one who kidnapped their father and tells him that they can be together if they can find each other.

Appearances

 * True North

Trivia

 * She carries and is able to use a sling.

Gretel