Nothing/History

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## History

### Season One

#### Episode One: No-Mane

Nothing, Fire, and Spark are with their grandmother, Sharptongue, while she tells the story of the Goddesses, Cansu, Sunce, and Asra, and the story of Lite's great battle against Karabi.
After a while, Nothing's mother, Powerstrike, calls Sharptongue for a hunt and leaves Nothing with her father, Starmane. Nothing continues the story when her father asked what Fire was talking about being unfair, and protested along with Spark when Starmane said he wanted to have a word with Sharptongue about her stories when she returned. She attempted to lighten up the mood and tried play fighting with Fire, who retorted that all females were too weak to become Manes and that he didn't want to play with her. Noticeably sad, Spark snaps at Fire and says that they were only trying to play with him and that he always took the rules too seriously.
Seconds later, a No-Mane calls for Starmane, and her father tells them to hide in the tall grass, but her brother, Fire flees instead. The No-Mane appears, easily taking Starmane down and wounding his neck, killing him. He finds Nothing and Spark hiding in the grass and kills Spark by adding an intense amount of pressure on his skull. He then creeps up towards Nothing, saying that she'll be joining her father and brother soon. Tears streaking down her face, she tells him that Asra may take her, but he will never win before slashing his at his right eye, blinding him. The lion then scratched Nothing's eye and elbow before he tosses her against a tree, which breaks her left leg. After she appears inside a dream about the Shifting Place, she spots a young lion cub around her age, Ghost, staring at her from the other side of the river. Before she could ask anything, Fire wakes up Nothing. He takes her to their mother who was with the half-Mane, as they discuss what will become of the cubs and how he was bested in combat by a cub. Eventually, Nothing and Fire are given the right to live in the Pride and the episode ends with Powerstrike leaving with Nothing and Fire.
#### Episode Two: Nothing

Fire is talking with his sister about how she doesn't have to do her Huntress assessment today, but she refuses, saying that she wants to. When Sharptongue questions if she was going to accept the name her mother planned for her, she firmly stated that she didn't want to be called Hobblestep, and wanted a name that reflected on her own abilities. Quickmane then calls her over to begin her assessment, and she limps ahead towards her mother. She reflects on how 2 years have passed and how things in her Pride have changed. Her grandmother had fallen ill and Powerstrike had been her replacement as the Hunt Chief. Her mother bore two lionesses with Quickmane, Farleap and Silentstalk, making them Nothing's half-sisters. She remarked on how they had their Huntress assessments when they were only 1 year old, and how were the best Huntresses in their Pride despite their young age. She then reveals that Waterhunter also bore Quickmane's cubs quite recently, giving birth to two lionesses and one lion, Sister 1, Sister 2, and Feather. Nothing is going through with the assessment, as she didn't want to be named Hobblestep and wanted to prove herself worthy in her Pride. While seeing if Sunce has blessed her and actually doing rather decent on her leaping portion, she remembers Spark and Starmane's death during her speed test, distracting her and causing her to use her bad leg. She falls and doesn't get up again due to the pain, so her mother names her Nothing. Fire gets angry about his sister's new name, but gets shushed by Quickmane, telling his step-son that they made a deal and that he is to leave right now. Angered, he snaps that he will, though says goodbye to his sister and promises to come back for her before leaving the Pride.
Later, Nothing's grandmother tries to console her by telling her she was brave, but Nothing leaves, saying she needs to be alone for a while. When finding traces of a crocodile at the watering hole, Nothing saved a lioness from getting dragged into the water by the crocodile. Although angered at fight, she relaxed after noticing the crocodile Nothing was talking about and gets off of her. When the Prideless lioness notices her scars and asks how she got them, Nothing said that it was personal, causing the lioness to believe that they gave her a 'funny name' for her and tried guessing. Nothing then tells her what her actual name is, caused the lioness to laugh on how cruel and awful it was before introducing herself as Hover. They talk for a while before they are spotted by members of their Pride, and Powerstrike scolds Nothings for associating with a Prideless lioness. This causes Hover to tease the Pride lions and remarks on how 'fun' they seemed, telling Nothing that she'd try to meet with her again before leaving. When Powerstrike remarks on how that was the worst Prideless lioness she had ever met, Nothing states that she was great, though stammered that she meant hate when questioned by the Hunt Chief. She is then seen staring off into the distance at Hover, showing both of them looking back at each other and smiling.
#### Episode Three: The Calling

Nothing is running through the unknown jungle with a healed leg, and she comes across a big waterfall, finding Ghost on the other side of it. He tells Nothing to answer the call of The Shifting Place, as that it's 'the only way it will end'. Nothing asks who he is, but is awoken by Hover before Ghost can answer. As Hover takes her to a tree to watch the sunrise, Nothing talks about her dream, but Hover laughs and says that dreams don't mean anything. Nothing tells Hover how Sharptongue is getting sicker and asks if Hover would want to join the Pride. Hover tells Nothing that she knows how she feels about Prides, so Nothing says her idea was probably stupid and returns to the Sisters Steppe. The Pride holds a meeting about No-Manes near their border and that a Herd of wildebeast has stopped to graze in their territory. The Huntresses move out to hunt and Quickmane goes out to mark the territory, leaving Nothing and Sharptongue to watch Feather and his two sisters. Sharptongue starts telling the story about Sunce's fires in the Emerald Valley, but gets a coughing fit halfway through the story. Between her wheezing breaths, she tells Nothing to find The Shifting Place, where Sunce's eye is blind. She tells Nothing that only she can end the cycle before she coughs more, eventually dying from her sickness. Nothing is seen roaring to call for Asra, so that she can take Sharptongue's spirit to the stars. When Hover and Nothing meet once again, Nothing cries and tells Hover she feels alone now that Sharptongue is gone. Hover does her best to console Nothing before telling her that she is going to join Nothing's Pride. Nothing speaks with Powerstrike, who allows Hover to stay if she can perform a successful Huntress assessment and take a Pride name. Afterwards, the two rest their heads and go to sleep.
#### Episode Four: Outsider

Nothing is seen at first talking to Hover about her decision to enter the Pride, and Hover was nervous and was talking about the Huntress assessment until Farleap and Silentstalk appear, asking if Hover wanted to train with them. After a little conversation and getting snarky remarks from her half-sisters, Nothing is left alone as Hover goes with Farleap and Silentstalk to train. Nothing sits for a few seconds with her head down until Quickmane calls out her name to take care of his litter until the assessment begins. After Quickmane leaves with Waterhunter and Powerstrike, Fire appears to go to see her. When she gets there, the two greet each other until Feather appears. Nothing picks him up and almost takes him back to his sisters, but Fire asks if they want to go with him to meet his friends, after a while they go to the Prideless Stretch and Fire introduces his friends; Proud, Root, Meadow, Scruffy, Stub, and Tangle.
Proud asks Nothing and Feather's names and Fire introduces them. Proud asks if Nothing has her Huntress name yet, to which Nothing responds yes, then states that her name is Nothing. Proud then states that the name is accurate, adding that lionesses are named after their abilities. Tangle interrupts him however, then introduces himself to Nothing. Fire mentions the story of Nothing battling Quickmane as a cub, and Tangle and Proud are surprised by her courage. Seeing that Nothing had lost track of time, she and Feather rush back to the Sisters Steppe, but on the way, Feather asks to drink some water. Nothing says they're late, but allows Feather to drink some water from the watering hole. Ghost then appears from the bushes, scaring Nothing and Feather. Ghost tells them to follow, but Nothing says they would never go anywhere with him. In anger, Ghost raises his voice and tells them that it isn't their decision.
#### Episode Five: Escape

Nothing was protecting Feather until Quickmane appeared, and he attacked Ghost and chased him out of the territory. He then went to Feather to check up on him, asking him if he was okay before nuzzling his son. He asks Waterhunter to take to Feather and his sisters to the Sisters Steppe. Quickmane starts to yell at Nothing for disobeying his orders, that she left his daughters alone and took his son away from the border. Nothing accidentally mentions her brother and tries to cover up with a lie, this angers Quickmane and he scratches her across the face before she can explain herself. Due to Nothing being 'cursed', clouds start to swarm together and it starts to rain, despite it being dry season. Quickmane calls Nothing a demon before he runs off to go and find Fire, to kill him.
In a desperate attempt to save Fire, she asks her mother to help but she refuses. Nothing asks what is wrong with her and the two argue before Powerstrike leaves. She asks Hover for help, but before Hover answers, Farleap asks; "Longrun, are you coming?". Hearing this, Nothing realizes that Hover had already completed her ceremony and Hover, now called Longrun, is angry at her for not being at the ceremony. Longrun tells Nothing she doesn't care about what she has to say about Fire, she broke a promise and tells Nothing she'll see her at the Sisters Steppe before leaving.

Nothing goes after Quickmane alone and trips over something, which turns out to be Quickmane's dead body. She tries to run back to the Sisters Steppe in worry of her cousins, but is stopped by none other than Proud. Proud asks about the cubs, Nothing is silent at first but tells him they were with their mother after Proud yells at her. Proud plans to kill Nothing, but ultimately lets her go after she tells him she's cursed. She makes her way to the Prideless Stretch and tries to find Fire's pawprints, but can't figure out which ones are his. Surprisingly, Feather shows up because he wanted to know if she was okay, since he heard that his dad hurt her. He says it's probably his fault, but Nothing tells him it's alright and then asks him if he can identify which tracks as her brother's. He identifies the tracks and Nothing tells him to come along, but Feather is confused as to why Nothing would leave, not knowing that a No-Mane killed his father and would kill him, too if he was still back at the Sisters Steppe. Nothing doesn't have the heart to tell him and didn't get a chance to say it either as lightning strikes a tree nearby and nearly crushes Feather, but Nothing pushes him out of the way. She promises to explain everything but now isn't the time, Feather responding that he's never been beyond the Sisters Steppe and that he's scared. Nothing tells him they'll be brave together before the two follow Fire's pawprints until the rain washes them out.
#### Episode Six: Prideless

During their journey through the Prideless Stretch, Nothing and Feather were barely able to walk as they lost Fire's trail the previous night. When Nothing kills a baby bird and Feather moves towards it to eat, for the first time, Nothing has snarled at Feather. However, she snaps out of it and lets him eat, though he is hesitant about it before giving in to his hunger. During the night, Feather asks her to tell him a story, and Nothing ends up telling him the story about Asra and her love. When Nothing is done with the story, he reveals that he knows that his father alongside his sisters are dead. When Nothing tells that Proud was the one who killed them, Feather shows a deep hatred towards him and for Pride Law and swears that he will change it when he becomes a Mane. Nothing is then seen in The Shifting Place, and sees Hover. When Hover turns around she is seen with a bloody cut around her neck and glowing eyes. Nothing is frightened and bumps into Ghost, telling her that she needs to remember her memories. Nothing then falls into a void and sees Asra. Feather wakes up and sees a Prideless lioness to whom Nothing mistook for Hover. However, she was someone else. The Prideless lioness took her and Feather to a nearby watering hole. When Nothing was called to talk to the lioness in private, she offered Nothing to teach her how to survive if she left Feather. Nothing ended up refusing. When the lioness revealed about The Shifting Place, Feather was excited to know about it. As the lioness leaves, she ended up revealing her name to be Rain. Nothing later tells Feather that he needs to learn how to hunt as it is becoming hard for her to hunt for both of them. Feather with a smile says that she can count on him.
#### Episode Seven: Hover

Nothing does not phisically appear in Episode 7, but she is mentioned several times.
#### Episode Eight: Rain

Nothing awakens at night to find that it is raining, attempting to awake Feather, in which he grumbles. Cansu has appeared as Rain, and beckons Nothing to follow her. They arrive in a desolate part of The Prideless Stretch, which soon changes into a vision of the Emerald Valley created by Cansu. The two walk along to a patch where cubs are playing, with Rain revealing that Nothing is a reincarnation of Kyoga. The cubs playing in the Kingdom are revealed to be Lite and Kyoga. The scene passes, revealing a grown Kyoga and Lite. Kyoga states she is nervous about the upcoming ceremony, but Lite attempts to calm her nerves. When Nothing asks what could be wrong with Kyoga, Rain reveals she was in love with a lioness named Karabi.
Kyoga decides to run away with Karabi, and as the scene shifts again, Nothing hears an angry Lite wondering where his mate-to-be could have gone. Precisecharge comes up and reveals to him Kyoga and Karabi planned to run away. Lite becomes in denial at this, and when she assured that this was the truth, Lite becomes enraged and states that he says what is true as the leader of the Sun Kingdom. His wrath causes him to search for the two, while causing a war between the Sun and the Storm Kingdom, claiming that Karabi had kidnapped Kyoga. The war was revealed to have caused much death and suffering, and Kyoga and Karabi wanted this to stop, so they agreed to meet Lite on the highest point of the Emerald Valley.
A furious Lite demands Kyoga come back to him, when she tells him the truth that she doesn't love him. He tries to get closer to reason with her, but afraid, Karabi attacks Lite and pins him down. She is about to kill him when Kyoga begs her to let him go, and as soon as Karabi does so, Lite retaliates, slashing her throat and causing her to bleed out. Kyoga is visibly upset, ignoring Lite's words. In rage, Kyoga beckons Asra to curse Lite. After watching all this unfold, Rain explains to Nothing that she has to break the cycle by finding a hiding Asra and make her and Sunce reconcile, for Sunce was the reason Pride Law and the dry season were still in effect. Nothing nervously accepts, and wakes up, assuming it was all just a dream.
#### Episode Nine: Fire

Nothing is seen hunting a gazzelle on the border of a Pride's territory with Feather, noting how Feather has gotten a great mind for strategy. Feather comes up with a plan, where Nothing sneaks up on the left and Feather scares the gazelle towards her so she can catch it. When they enact their plan, a No-Mane jumps in and gets the kill before Nothing can catch it. Nothing quickly realizes that it's Fire, and walks towards him, overjoyed to see her brother. Fire happily asks Nothing what she's doing all way out here, to which Nothing says that Proud took over the Sisters Steppe and forced her to leave. Fire apologizes, and tells her that he didn't even think about that when Quickmane went after him. He nudges his head towards a giant bite scar on his shoulder, and says that Quickmane gave him it. It cuts to a flashback of when Quickmane attacked him, where Fire says Quickmane almost had him, had Proud not attacked him from his blindside. Proud gives Fire a menacing glare, before Tangle leads an injured Fire away. Fire says that the bachelor group broke apart after that, and it was only Tangle and him. Nothing asks where Tangle was, to which Fire says mournfully that Tangle didn't make it on The Prideless Stretch, and that he had been alone for quite some time. He perks up after he says that despite the odds, he and Nothing were reunited. Feather revels himself from the brush, both males greeting each other awkwardly. Feather asks if Fire was the Mane of the Pride, to which Fire suggests they take the kill farther away from the Pride borders so he can explain more. As they eat, Nothing and Fire talk about being out on The Prideless Stretch. Fire says he doesn't know how long it had been since Tangle passed, and the days blurred together. He says Nothing knew how it is, since she was alone out there longer than he was. Nothing corrects him, saying she had Feather with her. Fire brushes this off, and says how happy he is that she's alive and that he'll take care of her from now on, like he did when they were younger. Feather scoffs at this, asking how would Fire take care of them if he's still a No-Mane. Fire smiles and explains his plan on taking over the nearby Pride, and how perfect it was as it had beautiful lioness and no cubs to kill. Feather still brushes it off, saying he'd still have to kill the Mane. Fire excuses it, saying the Mane was old and slow, and that his time has come. He asks Nothing for her help in killing him as he had fought and lost previously to this Mane. He adds that Nothing would finally get a proper Huntress name now, to which Feather becomes visibly uncomfortable and asks Nothing to talk alone. He says how he doesn't like that Fire wants to get rid of her name. He explains that it's because the name "Nothing" was given to her to be cruel, to make her feel bad and worthless, but to Feather, it doesn't mean "nothing" anymore. To him, it means kind, strong, and brave, and that she's afraid of nothing. He says its not something for Fire to change. Nothing nuzzles Feather kindly, showing her appreciation for his words, but Feather continues saying that if Fire doesn't see the changes Nothing has made to her destiny, then maybe Fire doesn't know her at all anymore, and that she might not know him. He exclaims how Fire also asked them to kill somebody, asking her if they were really going to go through with it. Nothing doesn't directly answer, saying how Fire was their only shot to be in a real Pride again. Feather interrupts, saying that they don't need a Pride, that they can take care of themselves and that they should leave Fire to take care of himself. Nothing raises her voice, saying that Fire is her brother and that they aren't leaving him. She rationalizes with him that this is the only way, and if it wasn't them, it'll only be some other No-Mane and they'll still go hungry. Feather says that if everyone thinks that way, then nothing will change. Nothing says that its idealistic, but they still need a home to survive in. She walks off, saying she'll help Fire, and that Feather doesn't have to come. Fire and Nothing are laying in wait for the Mane to arrive. Fire asks about Feather, and Nothing tells him that he's just not used to Pride Law anymore as they were Prideless for so long. Fire shows empathy for him, before asking Nothing if she knows the plan. Nothing goes over the plan, and soon Barkmane can be heard, calling out for Fire, saying he could smell him. Fire leaves Nothing and goes to his position. Barkmane comes into view, yelling that he let Fire off with a warning last time they fought, but this time he'll kill him. Fire ambushes him from behind, tackling him to the ground. The cries and roars from the fight send Nothing into PTSD-like flashbacks of her ownfather being killed by Quickmane. Barkmane throws Fire off and pins him down. Fire calls for his sister's help, but Nothing is frozen in place. Feather comes running in and pounces on Barkmane's face to save Fire, and rushes over to Nothing. Fire finishes Barkmane off and lashes out at Nothing for freezing. Feather glares at him and Fire shakes it off, saying that it was fine, but that she'd better follow his orders in the future. They go back to the Pride, Fire stating that he had killed their Mane and that they were his lionesses now. The Hunt Chief, Moonstrike, declares that she rejects Fire, and questions him on who he brought with him. Fire explains that Nothing is is sister and that Feather is her "ward", and they were under his protection. Moonstrike glares at him, saying that Manes do not raise cubs that aren't theirs, and that he must kill Feather. Fire stutters, saying Feather is barely a cub and almost grown. Moonstrike does not buy this, and says that Feather is a rival then, and that Fire must kill him. Fire hesitates, angering Moonstrike. She calls to her Huntresses, saying that if Fire refuses to kill Feather, he has no claim to the Pride, to which the Huntresses roar in agreement. Moonstrike smiles, and asks Fire what he says now.
#### Episode Ten: Pride Law

The episode opens up where it left off. Fire looks over to Nothing and back to the Pride. His expression softens as he looks to Nothing, reminding her how he took care of her and helped her, and how he needs her to help him now, stepping closer to her. Nothing panics and tells Feather to run. Fire catches up to Feather and supposedly kills him. Nothing begins sobbing, screaming at him askimh how he could do this, that Feather saved his life. Fire apologizes, but says that they need a Pride and how he refuses to go back to The Prideless Stretch when he's so close to getting a Pride. Nothing angrily says he's not the brother she remembered, with Fire retorting that he's still the same, but this is what Pride Law demands. Full of rage, Nothing lets out a loud roar, Streambabble commenting that it was a challenger's roar. Fire rolls his eyes, telling her to stop it and that she'll feel better once she's calmed down. Nothing doesn't back down and continues to challenge him for the Pride, lashing out at him with her bad leg. Fire gives her one more warning (still calling her "Sister" at this point) but Nothing still refuses to back down, lashing out once more, yelling at him that her name is Nothing, this time making contact with her claws on his scarred shoulder. She dodges an attack from him, clawing him once more on his hip. Fire starts taunting her, saying that just because she survived on The Prideless Stretch that she thinks she's worth something. He states that he was the only one who cared about her in the Pride, to which Nothing retorts that she was always worth something, and that its not her fault the Pride couldn't see it. She claws at him again with her bad leg, Fire simply laughing it off saying that Nothing can tell herself that, but that she'll always be a "pathetic little curse". He leaps at her, saying that she should've backed down when she had the chance, before the screen turns black as she yells in pain. It cuts back to Nothing, now severely beaten and Fire almost looking horrified at what he had done, before saying that she did this to herself, and that it could've all been avoided if she had just acted like a proper Pride Huntress for once. Fire yells that Nothing owes everything to him, that he's the reason she's still alive, but soon calms down, saying that he still loves her and is willing to put everything behind them. Nothing responds with another challengers roar, saying that she's alive because she kept herself alive and that her place is there, challenging Fire. She says if he doesn't like it, then he should kill her. Fire roars in her face, but is interrupted by a rustling noise. Ghost appears, saying that he has come for Nothing. He turns to her, saying that they have a slight journey together. Nothing questions this, and Ghost says that The Shifting Place has come. Fire looks over to the Pride, seeing their reactions to another No-Mane on their territory. Moonstrike cocks her brow at him, as if wondering why he wasn't attacking this No-Mane. Fire reacts to this, growling at Ghost and Nothing to not ignore him and that he was a Mane who will protect his Pride. Ghost turns quickly to him, but it wasn't Ghost anymore. Ghost had begun channeling Tangle, asking why Fire "did it", saying he caught the prey for both of them, he swore it. He was going to share it. Nothing turns to Fire in horror, asking how Tangle really died. Fire admits that he murdered Tangle, thinking he was going to keep the food all to himself and let Fire die. Tangle repeats the line "I was going to share it" over and over again, until Fire yells for him to stop it. Ghost innocently says "okay" and stops, telling Nothing it was time to go. Fire is left terrified, and asks what Ghost is. Ghost simply responds "We are called Ghost" before leaving with Nothing. Fire stops Nothing, begging to her to not think of him as a monster, that he's just trying to survive and that Tangle and Feather didn't die in vain. He says he'll give the lionesses a safe home to raise his future cubs, and that it would be worth it. Nothing says that none of this was ever worth it, that Pride Law was built on hate and fear and that's all it will ever create. She says she can't believe she didn't see it for what it was before, and that she didn't see him for who he was before. She leaves with Ghost, and Fire is left with a seemingly angry Pride. Nothing and Ghost are on The Prideless Stretch, just steps away from the mysterious Shifting Place. Nothing stops short of entering, and Ghost questions why. Nothing admits she was serious about Fire killing her, she wanted to die. Ghost comes to comfort her, saying that she has those who love her and who she loves, and that she matters, and not just because she's Kyoga, but because she's herself. Nothing then enters The Shifting Place, which shifts after she disappears into it. After the credits are shown, another scene is shown with Feather still alive. He calls after Nothing, limping and bleeding from his injuries, saying he faked his death. He tracks her pawprints until he makes it to where The Shifting Place used to be, and calls out her name, now all alone.

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