young protagonist · school setting · adventure · russian animation · heroes of enwell · loyal · glasses · friendship · magical tattoos · coming of age
The forest's usual rustle fell into a ringing silence. Vik, his face half-hidden behind his glasses, kept chopping at the branch, tuning out Kira's warning shout. An arrow suddenly sprouted from the earth at his feet. From the shadows stepped a cloaked figure, pinning the boy to the trunk of the tree. Art raised his shield. Phil gathered a spell. But the stranger released a wave of grasping, growing plants. The team wrestled free just as their enemy dissolved into the gloom. Then Vik saw her—Vell, encircled by a horde of jerking marionettes. "They're attacking her!" he shouted. The heroes threw themselves into the fray. Vell fought with a fierce, reckless fury. When the last puppet lay broken, she pulled off her mask, leaned in to brush a kiss against Vik's cheek, and pressed a pendant…