The episode begins with Sister talking with her brother, Fire, and grandmother, Sharptongue. Two years have passed since the first episode, and Sister is about to take her huntress assessment. Her relatives are somewhat nervous, as Fire tells her she doesn't have to do it today while Sharptongue asks if she's sure she doesn't want to just skip it and receive the name Powerstrike had picked out for her. Sister says that she doesn't want to be named 'Hobblestep', explaining she wants a name that reflects what she's good at and not just something insulting. After a moment, Quickmane calls her over, commenting that it was rude to keep them all waiting.
As Sister makes her way over, she reflects on what has changed since Quickmane's reign. He had bore children with Powerstrike shortly after his leadership, and the two had two lionesses, making them Sister's half-sisters. They had both taken their huntress assessment when they were just under a year old, yet completed it gracefully, and received the names Farleap and Silentstalk. Waterhunter had also given birth to Quickmane's cub more recently, giving birth to Sister 1, Sister 2, and Feather. Sharptongue had retired from being chief huntress due to an illness, leaving Powerstrike to replace her. When Sister is close enough to her mother, the hunt chief asks if she's sure she's ready to do this, and she determinedly responds that she is. Though reluctant, Powerstrike begins the huntress assessment, calling for the whole pride to watch as Sister proves herself to them and the Goddesses. The assessment begin with a leaping portion to see how high one can jump. Sister does so, and its shown that she did rather well based on her reaction. The next portion is to show the pride how fast she can run, and Sister begins by running around the Sister's Steppe. Quickmane and Farleap mock her for her 'slowness', making that the Goddesses haven't blessed her with much skill and that she's always been a curse. Angered, Sister begins running even faster, though in the heat of the moment, she begins having flashbacks of Spark's death and accidentally uses her broken leg, causing her to fall to the ground in pain. Too embarrassed to get up, she lied there in defeat, teary eyed and feeling horrible.
Powerstrike is disappointed in how it went, and after some brief talking with Quickmane, she decides that her name should be Nothing. She yowls in agreement of the name, and all but Fire and Sharptongue join in. Outnumbered by the votes, Sister has now been renamed to Nothing. As Fire rushes over to see if she's alright, Quickmane blocks him, saying that they had a deal and that he is old enough to take care of himself now. He promises his sister that he would return for her before leaving the pride, listening as each member wishes him luck on his path.
The scene fades into a sunset, showing that Nothing hasn't moved from her spot still. Sharptongue tries to comfort her, telling her that she was brave, but Nothing doesn't seem affected by her words, saying she needs to be alone before walking off. As she nears a waterhole, she spots a prideless lioness on the other side, an alligator ready to attack her. Nothing tries to warn her, but after realizing the lioness hadn't heard her, she runs to the other side and knocks her away just in time. After explaining the situation to the prideless one, she seems to be much calmer and began teasing Nothing on what name she was given, laughing when she was told what it actually was. The two start some small talk, and the lioness reveals her name to be Hover before Powerstrike appears with Quickmane and Farleap, demanding what Nothing was doing with a prideless lioness. Hover begins making fun of prides and how 'fun' they all seemed before eventually walking off, saying that she'd seen Nothing some other time. Powerstrike comments that that was the worst prideless lioness she had ever met and Nothing murmurs in agreement, saying that she was great, though stammered that she'd meant hate after being questioned on her wording. As they begin to leave the waterhole, Nothing turns around to where Hover had gone off, and the lioness turns around as well. The two smile warmly at each other and the episode fades to black as it ends.
Tropes:
- Abusive Parents: Powerstrike is in fine form this episode.
- Bully The Disabled: Farleap and Silentstalk right away get started doing this, but they aren´t alone. Everyone, but Fire, Feather, and Sharptongue get there turn to make fun of her.
- Naming Ceremony: The hunteress accessment.
