Or we could chain several quests together, one after another after another.
We could do Secret Medicine of the Forest, follow that with Worn Out Welcome, then Long Live the Queen, and finish it off with Let There Be Light. Should be good to push us both to around Level 10. Give or take.
Visit Mack's Mystery Box... there's a 1 Hand Curved Sword in there that you could take. And some armor and a shield. It's all free.
That's where I picked up my gear, I can handle tanking the Queen Bee, no problem. We might have to knock out a few other basic mobs to round out the thread though.