The song in this chapter is an outtake from Frozen called More Than Just The Spare, it's written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and I suggest listening to it because it's really cute.
Chapter 3
More Than Just The Spare
When Prim finally got back to the palace, workers were searching for her. "Princess PrimRose, go to the stables, or you'll be late!" one worker said.
Prim ran to the stables, when she got there she saw horses set up. And her sister, Princess Katniss was waiting, with some guards.
"What's all this for?" Prim asked.
"To ride through the village." said one guard. "The royalty in Panem do it every time a royal is coronated."
"It's news to me, too." Katniss said to Prim, then gracefully got on her horse.
Prim smiled then reached out to get on her horse, and ended up falling off the horse. Guards rushed to help her up, and onto the horse. Once she was sitting, they rode into the village.
Some village girls ran out to meet them. "Look, there's Princess Katniss!" one villager shouted.
"And here comes the spare." said the other villager, as Prim passed them on her horse.
"Spare?" Prim asked herself once she got far enough away from the villagers. "Am I really just the spare?"
"I'm not part of the town, not born to be Queen"
Sang Prim.
"Just somebody hopelessly in between
She's the scholar, athlete, poet
I'm the screw up... Don't I know it"
Katniss frowned when she heard her sister's song. Prim was not the spare, she just... wasn't the heir.
"But then who could ever compare?"
Prim sang.
"Of course they're gonna think I'm just the spare
Well, I won't care"
The horses turned around and headed back to the palace.
"So I'm the extra button on a coat
In case another one comes lose
But if I have to be a button
Why can't I be a button that's of use?
I may lack style, and I may lack grace
And once in a while, I fall on my face
But this little button deserves a place in the sky
This button wants to fly-"
"Wait," Prim stopped herself. "Buttons can't fly that doesn't make any sense."
When the horses stopped back at the place stables, Prim jumped off her horse and continued her song.
"So I'm a rusty horseshoe hanging up
Over somebody's old barn door
And I'll be hanging there forever
Just wishing the horse had one leg more
And maybe I can't be the perfect one
And maybe I err on the side of fun
But horseshoes need a chance to run somewhere
This horseshoe is more than just the spare"
Prim ran through the halls of the palace.
"So I'm just the second born sister
Who most of the town ignores
Like a button
Like a horseshoe
Like a girl who's bad at metaphors"
Prim laughed to herself, she really wasn't very good at metaphors."
"So maybe I don't have a magic touch
And maybe I don't have a talent, as such
Just this heart with much to much to share
So I'll never be the heir,
But I'm more than just the spare!"
Suddenly, Prim knocked into, yet another person today, her sister. "Sorry!" Prim said, standing up, when she got up she offered Katniss her hand, to help her up.
Katniss consider accepting her sisters help, but stood up by herself.
Prim put her hand back to her side and wished she could disappear.
"That's alright." said Katniss. "If you'll excuse me, I need to get some final preparations done."
"Oh, yeah!" said Prim. "Go ahead. I actually need to fix my hair before your coronation."
And both princesses went into their rooms. Katniss tried to calm herself down before she had to go out.
Both girls came out, and soon, Panem had a new Queen. After the coronation, was a party. Katniss remembered the promise she made to herself a few years ago. She turned toward Prim. "Hi." she said.
Prim looked over. "Hi, me?" she asked. Katniss nodded. "Oh, hi."
"You look beautiful." said Katniss.
"You look beautiful, too!" said Prim.
"Thank you." said Katniss, and she looked back into the crowed.
A young man approached both of them, and introduced himself as Prince Snow of the Capitol. "Queen Katniss, I find it only fitting that I offer you your first dance as Queen." he said.
"I'd be honored. Only I don't dance." said Katniss. "But my sister does."
Prince Snow pulled Prim to the center of the ballroom. Katniss watched carefully. Finally the dance was over, and Prim went back to her place next to her sister.
"Sorry." said Katniss.
"Oh, that's okay," said Prim. "So this what a party looks like."
"Yeah." said Katniss.
"I wish it could always be like this." said Prim.
"Me too." Katniss lied. "But it can't."
"Why?" asked Prim. "I mean look how happy every-"
"Because it can't," said Katniss turning around to leave.
"Where are you going?" asked Prim.
"Back to my room." said Katniss.
"Why? The party just started." said Prim. Katniss continued walking away. "Katniss, stop! I can't keep living like this!"
"Then leave." Katniss said.
Prim ran to her sister and reached to grab her hand, but pulled off her glove instead. "Katniss!"
"Enough, Prim." said Katniss.
"No! Why do you always shut me out?" Prim asked. "What are you so afraid of?"
"I said enough!" Katniss shouted, causing ice to shoot out of her hands. Katniss realized what she'd done, and out of fear she ran out of the palace. When she realized that her sister was chasing after her, she blocked the way with ice. "Stay back!" And Katniss kept running.
"Katniss, wait!" Prim yelled.
Katniss started to run across the fjord. Prim found a way passed the ice and started to run after her sister again, but slipped.
Prince Gale and Prince Snow helped Prim up and she got on her horse.
"Where are you going?" Prince Gale asked.
"After my sister." said Prim. "I'm the one who pushed Katniss too far. This is all my fault. So I'm the one who has to bring her back."
"What happens if you don't return?" Prince Snow asked.
"You're in charge until I get back." said Prim, then she rode off.
