What Happened The Night Alison Went Missing?

We all want to know what exactly happened the night Alison wet missing. What was she doing? Who was she with? Who killed her? Is she actually dead?  Throughout the 3 seasons of PLL, we have gotten many clues, flashbacks, and different accounts of what went on that night. Here is the current sequence of events for that night. The original website where this information is from is here.

Day of Alison's Disappearance- Chronology of Events on September 1, 2009

Morning

Alison (presumingly dressed as Vivian Darkbloom) calls Duncan Albert to come pick her up in his airplane from Hilton Head. He drops her off in a field nearby Philadelphia, concluding that Alison was secretly in town 6–7 hours before the girls believed her to have arrived. (Airplane scene between Aria and Duncan, "Eye of the Beholder")

Alison checks into the Lost Woods Resort under the alias Vivian Darkbloom. She has also checked in once before. She checks into Room 1. (The guestbooks found by Spencer and Aria, "UnmAsked")

Sometime after it is assumed Alison, after a long correspondence through personal ads in the The Rosewood Observer, goes to finally meet/confront "A" in front of the creepy Doll Hospital in Brookhaven. It is unknown at this time how the meeting went, or if they met at all. All that is known is that the meeting was scheduled. (Spencer's discovery in newspapers, "If These Dolls Could Talk")

Afternoon

Alison visits Jenna at the hospital, shows Jenna a video of Jenna and Toby together, and blackmails Jenna into keeping "The Jenna Thing" a secret. Alison tells Jenna that the video will be kept "under lock and key." (Flashback, "For Whom the Bell Tolls")

Sometime before visiting Emily later in the day (presumably on her way back home), she bought a storage locker, into which she deposited a flash drive containing Ian Thomas's creepy/pervy videos, inside one of her old lunch boxes.

Alison returns home, pulling up in a taxi, and is greeted by the girls after "supposedly" returning by bus from her summer vacation at her grandma's house in Georgia. She is beautifully tanned, but also complains that her arms are sore. Spencer sees a Hilton Head resort tag on Alison's luggage. After asking Alison about Hilton Head being in South Carolina, Alison responds, "Why so many questions?" Alison seems excited, saying she can't spill every detail and to "wait for it, wait for it..." (Flashback, "Salt Meets Wound")

Alison then visits Emily and gives her a snow globe, in which a key to said storage locker (with the label) is hidden inside. Alison tells Emily to keep it safe because it's "a lot more valuable than it looks." Alison tells Emily she needs to go because she has "a prior engagement" but that she will meet up with the girls later. (Flashback, "Monsters in the End")

Alison then leaves Emily's house, claiming she has a "prior engagement."

Ali has dinner with her family before the sleepover. (Mentioned by Aria in "Never Letting Go.")

Evening

Alison arrives at Spencer's barn, purposefully scaring the other four girls in process, before proceeding to hang out at their sleepover party. Sometime later in the night, the girls, except presumably Alison and Spencer, all fall asleep drunk. (Scenes, "Pilot")

Alison and Spencer go into the house and argue. Alison pressures Spencer to tell Melissa about Spencer and Ian, or she will. Spencer says to Alison that she is sick of her games. Spencer says, "You are dead to me already." Someone takes a picture of Alison in front of Spencer's barn, with Spencer's shadow in the shot. (Flashback, "If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again")

Alison meets up with Toby. According to Toby, he and Alison met outside of Spencer's barn, and Alison borrowed his sweater because it was cold. When they part, Toby sees Alison get into a car with an unidentified man (possibly Ian), and she is still wearing Toby's sweater. It's not fake because Marlene tweeted that Toby was the only honest person in Season 1. (Scene, "Keep Your Friends Close," Toby to Emily).

Alison meets with Ian at "The Kissing Rock," where they make a makeout-tape. Alison teases Ian, "I know you want to kiss me." Ian replies, "Come closer." A struggle appears to occur, and the camera falls to the ground, losing focus on the other two. Then, Alison's hand falls into view of the camera; her hand grabs onto some dirt and leaves, before going limp. (Scene with video that "A" sent, "Know Your Frenemies") Then, in "The Devil You Know," it's discovered that few seconds after Ali's hand had gone limp, she had moved it again, got up, and thanked Ian for meeting her there (meaning that Ian had not killed her in that moment).

Sometime, presumably after Alison and Ian's encounter at the Kissing Rock, Ian arrives at Ali's house before Ali can get home, and he meets up with Garrett Reynolds and Jenna Marshall who are gathered in Alison's bedroom and looking for N.A.T. Club videos that she had stolen from them. While searching, Melissa Hastings arrives enraged and looking for Alison.

Garrett and Jenna leave Ian and Melissa alone, and exit the house into the DiLaurentis backyard. Alison confronts them, and reminds Jenna of the promise she made if she ever came back to Rosewood. Jenna tries to attack Alison, and a small fight breaks out. Alison pushes Jenna who falls over a lawn chair. Jenna grabs a nearby Field Hockey Stick that belonged to Spencer, and goes for Alison.

Garrett grabs the stick from Jenna. He raises his eyebrows in confirmation to Alison, who slightly nods and he proceeds to pretend killing Alison with the field hockey stick, but was really hitting the tree. Jenna asks if she's dead, and Garrett says he took care of it the two then run away.

Aria, Hanna, and Emily wake up to find Alison and Spencer gone. Spencer then appears and says she has looked everywhere but cannot find Alison and that she thinks she heard a scream. (Scene, "Pilot")

A little bit later, Garrett comes back to see if Alison is okay, and is surprised to see her talking to Byron Montgomery, Aria's father. Alison says "If you don't pay for your mistakes, how do you become a better person"? Byron replies back "You say all these grown-up things, yet you're still a child". Alison smirks and says "You know what I'm capable of". Garrett makes a noise and the conversation is interrupted. He runs off leaving Alison and Byron looking on to see who was there. (Flashbacks, This Is A Dark Ride") 

After Garrett left the scene, Byron continues their conversation, telling Ali that he didn't bring any money. Alison threatens Byron, and he responds by bringing up that if Alison tells Ella it will really hurt Aria, and he doesn't believe she is that horrible of a person. Alison retorts by saying that he clearly doesn't know her that well then.

Byron begins to walk away, and Alison threatens him again saying it's his last chance to save himself. Byron turns while he is leaving and replies, "Yes it is." presumably meaning he was going to tell Ella himself. Alison screams

back "You made your bed Mr. Montgomery," Byron turns back and sees Melissa Hastings coming out from the DiLaurentis's back door on the phone with someone.

She seems distressed, and says into the phone "What do I have to do, call 911 to get your attention?" Byron takes notice, then turns and leaves. (Flashback,Misery Loves Company)

Alison calls CeCe Drake, freaking out because Ian,  Garrett, Jenna, and especially Melissa are after her, wanting the stolen N.A.T. Club videos back. Presumably after Melissa walked out on the DiLaurentis porch, she sees Cece just arriving and talks to her, begging her to talk to Alison.  (CeCe told Emily, Hot Water)

Presumably shortly after Cece arrived, Jason DiLaurentis stumbles out onto his porch, drunk and high. After stumbling down the steps and attempting to drink from a garden hose, he sees Melissa and Cece talking about something seemingly important (Cece talking to Ali about the videos), and CeCe is seen wearing a similar outfit to the one Alison was wearing at the time (yellow top, dark skinny jeans).

After witnessing this, Jason collapses in a lawn chair and passes out again. Jason was heavily drunk and high during this flashback, so it may be unreliable. (Flashback, What Becomes of The Broken Hearted)

Alison's hand

Cece finds Ali, and talks to her. Alison says she's going to go get  the videos, but never returns. (CeCe told Emily, Hot Water)

At the end of the night Alison's murder takes place. She is hit in the back of the head with a shovel possibly in an ambush or attempt to get away from her killer, and then buried alive.

Her hand is seen poking out of the ground attempting to get out. Someonecomes and helps pull Alison out of the ground, revealing Alison did not die and she is still alive. (Flashbacks, This Is A Dark Ride and A DAngerous GAme )

At the end of the series, I am hoping that the writers of PLL will write an episode that shows everything that happened the night Alison went missing. 

Do you think Alison is really alive? If so, whose body did the police find? Tell me your theories down below in the comments! 

The NAT Club

Nos Animadverto Totus 

The NAT club is the secret club that was started by Jason Dilaurentis, Ian Thomas, and Garrett Reynolds. The initials in the name stand for the Latin phrase, Nos Animadverto Totus, which in English means "We See All." The NAT club liked to film people and make home movies. The NAT club met in Alison's room the night she was killed. The only known members of the NAT club are Jason, Ian, and Garrett, but some suspected members are Jenna Marshall and Melissa Hastings, because they were in Ali's room that night. Also Cece and Wilden, because they were with Ali the summer that she died.

My NAT Club Theory: My theory about the NAT club is that the A Team and/or Ali's killer is murdering everyone in the NAT club. Because the NAT club liked to film/make movies, I think that whoever killed Alison was caught on tape (assuming there was a camera set up by the NAT club.)  He/She is killing off all of the NAT members to make sure the video never gets out. Ian and Garrett were already murdered.

There is going to be another death in Rosewood this Tuesday. Now it could be Wilden because Ashley ran him over, but I think it will be more than that. Wilden could have escaped though, and hurt Cece for telling the girls information. Many people have also said that Toby could have committed suicide, because he did in the pll books. I will have a post up hopefully by Thursday about the newest Rosewood death and any theories.  Make sure to leave a comment below about the NAT club, or about the upcoming episode of Pretty Little Liars.

Toby

Many people were shocked to find out that Toby was a part of the A Team! The revelation led to a lot of confusion and unanswered questions. Why is Toby A? Here are some theories.

Inside Information: The most common theory is that Toby joined the A Team to help protect Spencer and the other girls. Many "Spoby" shippers refuse to believe that Toby would hurt Spencer. Although it would result in a happy ending for Spencer, it's probably not the answer. The writers have stated that Toby wasn't in it to protect the girls. We all want Toby to have good intentions, but unfortunately, this is most likely not the case.

Spying: Ali claimed that Toby was spying on her and her friends in Season 1. As a result, the girls were always suspicious of him, and suspected him of killing Ali early on. We never actually got definitive proof that Toby had been spying on the girls, but Alison was powerful enough to turn her friends against him with that one claim. Toby (and the “A” team) could hate Ali’s friends merely by extension, or because they think the girls are just like her.

The Jenna Thing: Alison got the Liars to pull a prank with her at the Cavanaughs’ house, which became known as “the Jenna thing.” Alison said they were going to throw firecrackers at Toby and Jenna while they were making out in their garage, which ended up blinding Jenna. If Toby is still in love with Jenna, or if he was just deeply wounded by such a vicious attack, we could see why he would want to hurt Ali and the girls in return.

Social Pariah: Even if Toby only hated Alison in the beginning, it would be completely understandable if he began hating the girls after his bloody sweater was discovered by the police, sending him to jail. Since the sweater was found at Ali’s house, he probably figured it was the girls who turned it in. After the evidence turned out to be corrupted, Toby was mocked in public everywhere he went, and little kids even threw stones at him.

Jenna: We don’t know how, but Alison somehow found out about Toby and Jenna’s sexual relationship in the past. That’s how she bought his silence after the firecrackers incident, by threatening to go public with the information. If the girls are the only ones who know about it then he would want to keep them silent at all costs.

Emily’s rejection: It’s a long shot, but Toby seemed to have his sights set on Emily at the start of the show. He even made her a mix CD. But Emily, obviously, was never going to reciprocate romantic feelings, and this may have really upset him.

What are your Toby theories? Comment below!!

Twin Theory

Okay, so everybody and their mother is talking about the twin theory. If you're not familiar with it, here you go:

Alison Dilaurentis had an identical twin named Courtney. In the beginning, Alison and Courtney had started off as best friends, doing everything together and sharing a "twin connection," Though as time progressed, Alison was always jealous of her more popular sister and forced Courtney to impersonate her, at the same time tormenting Courtney to the point that the girls would begin to fight, leading to screaming matches in the playgrounds and Courtney locking Ali in the bathroom stall during school. Courtney would always pretend to be her sister because she was forced to, from introducing herself to the UPS man as Ali, to showing up to Ali's Saturday art classes. The final straw was when the DiLaurentises found Courtney trying to choke her sister because Courtney suffered enough, and doctors were called and examinations were performed. Ali had passed the tests with flying colors, but Courtney had panicked and the doctors had diagnosed her with paranoid schizophrenia. Courtney rejected the diagnostic and claimed that Alison threatened her and forced to impersonate, but no one believed her. The DiLaurentises then moved to Rosewood and they sent Courtney to the mental hospital. While she was visiting home, Courtney saw 4 girls playing outside (Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna) and went out and introduced herself has Alison. These were not Ali's real popular friends. Her parents thought that the real Ali was Courtney and sent her away to the mental hospital. Courtney befriended the girls, and they knew her as Alison. The twin theory is that the real Alison came back and killed Courtney for ruining her life. Alison created and is now the leader of the A team. 

Don't get confused: Courtney is usually referred to as Alison because no one knows she is actually Courtney.

Now that you know the twin theory, here is some "evidence" from the show.

The Prequel Episode: In the prequel episode, when Alison is in her room, you can see some pictures and a plaque in the background. There is a photo of Jason, and two pictures of Alison. Now unless Alison is really that conceited and has two pictures of herself, she really wouldn't have two photos of herself. Now for the plaque. The plaque reads, "C’est le double du rire et de doubler le sourire et double la peine si vous êtes bénis avec des jumeaux.” In English, it translated to “It’s double the giggles and double the grins and double the trouble if you’re blessed with twins.” the plaque speaks for itself.

Alison visiting the girls: Many people think that when the girls have "dreams" about Ali visiting them, it's really Alison (not Courtney who died.) They say that the dreams seem too real to be dreams. When Ali visited Hanna in the hospital, she flinched when she heard a noise, hoping not to get caught there.

Big A: As you can see, "Big A" is wearing Vivian Darkbloom's red coat and has curly blonde hair. If you look closely, Big A's face looks very similar to Ali's. Some people do think that Big A was wearing the mask Mona made, and the wig that A was looking at in "Pretty Dirty Secrets."

The Ghost: In the Dark Ride episode, Ashley sees a little girl in her home. She is wearing white, and is the same actress who played one of the twins in the prequel episode. She appears and reappears often. While in Hanna's room, Ashley touches her hand and quickly draws back when she feels how cold she is. Ashley goes to get Ted and the girl never reappears. Ashley believes that she saw a ghost.

And lastly...

Tweets:
Marlene king tweeted this photo. Blonde twins in red coats. In the prequel episode, Ali tells the doll story in the beginning of the episode. I this photo evidence of twins?




As you can see, there is a lot of evidence supporting the twin theory. Unfortunately, I don't want the writers to take this route. It would be way too obvious because everyone sees it coming. I want them to do something different and surprising (like finding out Toby is on the A Team!)

Tell me your PLL theories in the comments!