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> Tufaka is the second born of Big Mac and Zecora and brother to Amani. He hasn't earned his cutiemark despite being nearly an adult. With his sister training to rule the underground Tufaka didn't really have much to do. He loved his parents and Applebloom but he wanted to learn things and explore the world. The only one who would tell him about was his aunt Applejack. However, his father thought Applejack was too focused on the war and didn't want her around him. However, Applejack and he would sneak off to the surface to train. She taught him how to fight and he was her little soldier. Applejack never felt any kind of motherly instinct for Callery, but she thought of Tufaka as her son. He was everything she wanted her children to be. When Amani snuck off Applejack hoped she would stay gone. That would put Tufaka at power and with Zecora being sick with Swamp Fever and no cure. Finally, she could use the ponies of the underground to destroy Discord and free them all. However, Amani returned and with the cure. Tufaka began to realize what his father meant about Applejack and he started to stay away from her. He began to mingle more with the Underground ponies and met someone. Her name was Harpstring Melody. She was a skilled archer and guardpony. He joined her friendgroup and asked his father if he could join the guard ponies. His father was against it, but Zecora let him try it. He figured that he wasn't going to ever get a cutiemark, his aunt Applebloom never got hers.