Well this was a lot of fun to do I wanted to do more than just draw her stand there looking cool...you could say i wanted the pic to look 20% more coo--*SHOT*..............................
I feel like i could do more though with the pose and colors...maybe next time
As explained on my page, yeah, initially it was through the Chaos Emeralds, but in my planned upcoming fic, its going to be through the Elements of Harmony instead.
Whichever you prefer for her, in other words.