A few days later, Shankist told the team about his plan. "Alright, look here. We're gonna take all these knives," he pointed at some daggers. "and we'll leave for the enemy kingdom. We're a bunch of targets in these uniforms. We'll take this crap off, and put on civillian clothes. Once we're inside, we anonomously kill them. Spike is our ONLY COMMUNICATION TO THE OUTSIDE! Protect him good! Now, if there happens to be a siege, don't join up unless you're sure it's successful. Spike, write to Celestia and Shining Armor. Tell 'em that it doesn't matter what they say, we're gonna do it. I'm gonna do it alone if y'all don't help me."
Everyone agreed. Shining Armor and Princess Celestia wrote back, saying it was a good plan, but it was too risky. They would all die if one of them was caught. "We'll see," said Spike. They did it anyway.