I do not own Zelda or Final Fantasy XI. They are owned by Square-Enix and Nintendo.
"Ok, Ilia. I want you to listen to me carefully." Link explained to Ilia. Link was an elvaan Paladin, while Ilia was a hume White Mage. "I want you to go into that cave and get whatever's inside, ok?"
"Ok, Linky-winky!" Ilia winked at him and ran towards the cave.
Zelda, who was an elvaan Red Mage, frowned at Link. "Why did you send her in there? You know that cave is full of-" Zelda's eyes widened in realization. "I see what you did there…"
"Yup. Ilia is gonna have a hell of a time. Let's get going on that quest, shall we?" Link offered Zelda's arm as they walked away from the mouth of the cave.
Ilia skipped along the cave as she hummed some stupid melody of hers. "Linky's gonna be so proud of me~" She sang, hopping with each step.
Suddenly, a robed figure with a knife stepped in front of her. Ilia nearly tripped over herself and glared at the small figure. "HEY! YOU LITTLE TURD! YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!"
The figure glared at her and raised its knife menacingly. "DON'T YOU WAVE THAT LITTLE THING AT ME, MISTER!" Ilia stomped towards it. "I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A THRASHING!"
Ilia raised her staff to strike down the figure, but it was too fast for her to even land a hit. Suddenly, Ilia felt something warm on her stomach. She looked down to see that she had been stabbed.
"You… You little shiiii-" She fell down dead as the Tonberry snorted and walked away from her corpse. And no one ever found her for a long time.
TBC.