She was listening to Elena rant about Damon when it happened. The headache had lasted for days, so at first, she hadn’t noticed the fact that it had seemed to get worse. But then her fingers had started to tingle, and when she inhaled deeply, it wasn’t the smell of cooking hamburgers and burnt coffee that she smelled but something crisper. Fresher. Like the beach that her dad had taken her to once. And when she’d blinked and her eyes had opened again, she wasn’t seeing her best friend anymore. She was seeing water lapping at a shore, hearing people shrieking in laughter as they rode the waves rolling into the shore. And at the center of it all was a woman. Wild hair, dark brown eyes, it felt slightly akin to getting struck by a bolt of lightning when her eyes mat hers. “Who are you?” Caroline’s voice held the slightest edge of panic to it as she glanced around, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “Where---” The few signs that she could see weren’t in English. And there weren’t any beaches like this within probably hundreds of miles from Mystic Falls. And yet she could feel the sand between her toes and the wind in her hair and she could practically taste the salt in the air.