Very loosely derived from the unfinished Dostoevsky story Netochka Nezvanova, Nikta is the story of a young girl living in a remote village with her volatile father and distant mother. She spends most of her days exploring the surrounding forest, filled with spirits and creatures. One day, she is almost captured by a witch, but manages to free herself, along with the witch's other prisoner, a forest spirit with crows features she calls Crowboy. Learning that Crowboy is lost, she vows to help him find his way home. But when more witches keep cropping up, is there more to Crowboy and his mission?