Catara: A Story of the Gefaradan

By Lugh MacFey

Math has always accepted his parents views concerning life. As a space dwelling people he's had to, but a simple shopping trip to a little known planet opens his eyes to how much his parents don't know. His journey of growth and self discovery is aided by Katu, another youth who has been avoiding family responsiblities as well. Together they come to realize together they can accomplish anything.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lugh MacFey
• Release date: Oct 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301059560

Lugh MacFey

Lugh is an adult humanoid who lives on the east coast of Turtle Island with its spawn, two doggerals, and a pair if felinish creatures. It can most commonly be found haunting the internet, most especially the chat room of gayauthors.org, or tip-tapping on the keyboard which is permanently attached to the lazy boy chair arm.

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Catara

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Lugh MacFey

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Catara

Copyright © 2012, Anderson (Lugh) MacFey

First E-book Publication: October 2012 at Smashwords

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Dedication

Gosh there are so many people I would like to thank and I don’t even know most of their names! I know ridiculous huh? I guess I should start with the obvious people: George for sending the author survival boxes. Cia, Nonny, Renee and Allison for being the hags who love me and encourage me. I guess I should throw Wayne and Mark in there too. Also, I have to include a lot of other people for just believing in me and the rest of you for just putting up with me. You know who you are.

A special thanks to Myr for dealing with me when no one else would and to Joey for keeping him from killing and/or banning me at times— I’m not sure which would have been worse.

Table of Contents

Legal Notices

Dedication

June, 4, 642 AC

Catara

Arrival

On the Run

Time with the Dwarn

Parental Interlude

To the Temple

On the Ship

June 15, 642 AC

About the author

June, 4, 642 AC

Journal Entry #1

This journal belongs to: Mathew Patlyk Khoury.

Date Started: June 4, 642 AC

Entry 1: I am so excited. I finally got the journal upgrade I’d been wanting. It’s about time, too, I’ve only been asking for it for two birthdays or would that be hatching days? I’ve always wondered about that. I mean since I wasn’t really born ‘of a woman’ like most children are. A life support accelerator isn’t exactly a womb you know?

Anyway, the esteemed Captain and my biological father said no, I couldn’t have it; but Mother said my idenk, Danyl, had one, so I could have one too. I don’t see how they could ever imagine treating us so differently, we are the same genetic material, Danyl and I. Yet he asks and Father usually caves in while if I ask, I have to earn it. I still had to earn this upgrade by complying with medical. They had come up with another round of scans to help determine my suitability and stability for a diplomatic position with the Triumvirate Alliance of Sol before I could get the journal. It was worth it though — every bit.

I’m still trying to determine what they would do if I decided I didn’t want to take a diplomatic position? Just because they’ve been grooming me for one practically since I could walk, I mean, what if I decided to take a planet bound position? Then again, I would miss this — traveling from planet to planet, gathering information, and seeing so many different races. I think it’s in my blood to journey through the stars. I know it’s in my dreams. They’re getting worse, by the way, the dreams. I don’t want to talk about this to the medics, especially Dr. Ethos, but there is a voice in my dreams now. It’s calling to me, asking me to come to it, to be with it. I want to go, but I don’t know where it is. So, I don’t know what to do, I mean, why am I having these dreams?

And that one dream where someone is telling me a story is back. I swear, I can recite the story almost verbatim now. It goes like this:

"In the time of chaos, before the age of dreams, the gods spoke and it became. One weary father, El, had seven restless sons. So to occupy them while he did his work, he gave them an orb of cosmic dust and iron ore that was separated from the rest.

Their joy caused intricate symphonies of life to play over its surface as they removed the stuffs they didn’t want, tossing it at each other, creating comets in the process. Heavens separated from earth, and earth from water. Night and day came as one godling spun the orb like a top, the others laughed and kept it spinning for their amusement. Unfortunately, a part broke off but it stayed near their playground, so they left it alone and barren. Another tried to stop it, so it could be repaired, but it wobbled along its cosmic path causing seasons to become.

Grasses sprouted and trees formed as the godlings were hungry and wanted fruits to eat. Singing to the ocean, one created fishes and the things they might eat. Laughing, another brother created sharks so the good fishes would not over-breed. One of the younger sons experimented with things that could fly through the air as the fishes swam the seas while an older one whispered to the dust and brought forth creatures that walked on it.

Needing one creature to have dominion over all, but unable to agree on its form, they decided to have a contest. Each would go off alone and create one creature giving it what it would best need to rule over the rest.

The eldest took dirt, added snow and created it in his own image – alabaster flesh, long limbed, and fair haired with jade for eyes. The second eldest’s creation looked much like his elder brother’s because he spied upon his brother’s creating, but he knew he would have to make his look different so he gave it dark hair and smeared it’s flesh with sienna and used dark topaz for eyes. The third watched the other two and plucked his creation’s flesh from the soot of a volcano, its eyes from the coals, and infused it with fire and passion. Everything about it was dark, except the ivory he used for teeth. The fourth created his from the mud of a river and used two river stones for eyes, while the fifth found some honey, mixed it with sand and ocean water, using black opal for eyes. Pleased with their creations they came to the appointed place and shared them each with the other.

The youngest two were more fanciful than their brother-gods. The next to youngest watched his older brothers and created his to be like theirs, but his were thinner and