"Long ago, the Tenrou Orb absorbed massive amounts of evil magic energy. It was impossible to control so it was taken to Tenrou Island to keep people away from it. Any human who touches it will succumb to its curse. The evil energy will consume you, you'll die!"
Precht believed her. "Yuri, put it down right now!"
"Oh please, do you actually believe this crap that she's telling us?"
"I'm telling you the truth!"
"I don't buy it! You might be a crafty little thing but I'm not buying this one. You just want it for yourself, and you think this is the only way I'll give it up!"
No, Mavis... she wouldn't, would she?
"Please, Yuri, you have to put it down!" Mavis was pleading now, her voice cracking with fear.
"I told you, this treasure is mine, you can't have it!"
A harsh blue light flooded forth from the Tenrou Orb in Yuri's hand, and Yuri began to scream in pain.
When the light faded, so did Yuri.
The ceiling was raining down on them, and Mavis was gibbering away to the empty air.
"What just happened?" Damn Yuri, what the hell did you get yourself into this time?
Mavis answered. "He was taken over by that evil energy. And then it possessed a symbol of evil to gain a more destructive, physical form."
They raced outside the cathedral to see a behemoth dragon skeleton, bones a deep navy, rampaging through the town.
Precht panicked. Yuri had done some impressively stupid things before, but this was by far the most dangerous. "Wait, are you saying that Yuri is inside of that dragon?"
"Yes, I'm sure of it." The dragon crushed a building with a claw.
"What's going to happen to Yuri?"
For once, the little girl had no answer. She turned and ran back into the cathedral, her lolita dress swishing behind her.
"Wait, Mavis, where are you going?"
Precht turned to follow her, but she had already vanished into the dark depths of the crumbling cathedral, and all that was left was the echo of her bare feet against the stone tile.