A Fateful Encounter

"**A Fateful Encounter**" is the third episode of Season 1 of *Unicorn: Warriors Eternal*, and the third episode overall. It premiered on May 12, 2023.

## Synopsis

Melinda's mental struggle causes her to seek out the normality of Emma's old life, while Edred, Seng and Copernicus are embroiled in a citywide manhunt for Unicorn.

## Plot

The green-eyed woman’s humanoid robots hijack a ship and steal Grecian statues that the ship was transporting to England for a display at the British Museum.

Elsewhere, the Inspector General of Scotland Yard alerts the press that the investigation regarding the battle that took place the other day has begun. He also disregards the magical occurrences as parlor tricks by spiritualists that have been used to trick people into believing that they are magic. Naturally, magicians and conjurers are arrested all across London. Edred is exasperated at the recent turn of events. Not only has he lost Melinda but he also doesn’t know how he can find her or the force of evil that wreaked havoc through Lulu the Elephant.

Meanwhile Emma returns to her home. She cannot help but remember all the moments she spent with her parents and those with Winston, who used to visit her at her window. Everything seems too distant now. She looks in the mirror but doesn’t recognize herself. She has no idea what’s going on. She puts on a gown from her closet and looks at herself in the mirror again, hoping to find her lost self. That’s when she hears her parents downstairs brooding over their missing daughter and of Winston's predicament. She approaches them and they are overjoyed to see her alive. They tell her that Winston is in the hospital. She leaves to see him. While her mother is glad that she is back, her father doubts if she is still their daughter or just someone else who resembles her.

Later, Emma meets Winston at the hospital, who is glad to see her. As they are talking, one of the nurses recognizes Melinda as the witch who destroyed a block a few days ago. The nurse calls the cops, who arrive within minutes to arrest her. She again turns into her darker persona and vanishes into thin air, her force wrecking the whole ward.

Seng befriends a nine-tailed fox in another realm. Seng is interacting with the fox when he notices a dark explosion nearby. He realizes it’s Melinda. He returns to the Earth plane in Alfie's body and tells Edred that he has found her. All three set out in her direction. Somewhere else, the stolen statues of Hoplites are brought to life by the green-eyed woman.

The Inspector of Scotland Yard interrogates two magicians, Clarice Leydoux and Lao Xi Sheng, who try to make him understand that what he and everyone else saw the other day was not any hoax. The inspector brushes off all this talk just in time for one of his assistants to inform him that they have found the dark witch.

Emma is doing her best to hide from the cops looking for her in the streets of London. This is when she bumps into a psychic named Darvish, who assures her that he will get rid of whatever is inside her. Having no money, she reluctantly gives him her wedding ring and enters his chamber. As the guy tries to trick her with his chants that are nothing more than din, it is Emma’s inner struggle that eventually brings Melinda’s spirit out of her. Emma’s soul and the soul of the real Melinda, face each other as Emma’s body goes into a deep sleep. Melinda has no idea how Emma is able to prevent her from taking over, as she isn’t even supposed to be aware of Melinda. However, Melinda tells Emma that she has been chosen and that she has no choice but to give in to Melinda. The two are about to get into a battle until Edred, Seng, and Copernicus break into the chamber after escaping from the cops. Emma’s soul is distracted, and Melinda uses this distraction to merge with Emma’s body. Melinda is thus back in her physical form. As Edred tends to Melinda, Seng senses something approaching them. They look outside and see the Hoplites.

A fight ensues between Unicorn and the hoplites. Emma continues to try and stop herself from getting into the fight but ultimately gives in and destroys most of the Grecian soldiers. During the fight, Seng yet again spots the sweet little nine-tailed fox on the other plane. But before he can realize it, the little fox turns into a giant Kitsune and grabs him by the mouth. Edred notices Seng hovering in the air uncontrollably. Clearly, something else is controlling him, and he anticipates something very powerful is nearby. He then spots the green-eyed woman watching them from atop a building.

## Characters

*(listed alphabetically)*

* Rosalind Ayres as Lady Katherine Fairfax
* Ron Bottitta as Lord Edward Fairfax
* Grey DeLisle as Ancient Egypt Melinda/Mysterious Woman/Clarice Leydoux
* Hazel Doupe as Melinda/Emma Fairfax
* Brian George as Darvish
* Gildart Jackson as the Inspector General
* Demari Hunte as Seng/Alfie
* Tom Milligan as Edred/Dimitri Dynamo
* George Webster as Winston
* Alain Uy as Lao Xi Sheng
* Copernicus

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Emma used to play the violin.
* A newspaper reveals that the in universe date of the episode is set in June 12th, 1890.

## References

1. ↑ Unicorn: Warriors Eternal episode guide (May 4, 2023).