Kel watched as a girl tried to touch the illusory snake.  [i]She won't last long that way.[/i] he thought, only to see another kid, a Darkness wielder, show up and prove his illusion a fake.  [i]Interesting.[/i]  He listened to them talk, when another student came up to them and started throwing fire balls.  [i]Too enthusiastic.  If he doesn't learn to conserve his energy and know when to use it, he'll exhaust himself and be unable to finish, much less battle his way out of the jungle.[/i]

He continued to wait and listen, thinking of a way to alter the situation to teach them a lesson.  The Darkness Wielder seemed to be the only one that had enough sense to make it at the academy, but how would he react if he saw his enemy in trouble?  Would he take advantage of it, and strike the man down, would he help the man, and try to turn him, or would he leave him to his fate, perhaps using the situation to escape?

When the other man approached, he realized that his opportunity had come.  The elder man knew nothing of this situation, and wasn't hostile to either side.  He would test them to see how they dealt with hostiles.  There was a variety of ant in the area that was quite large and would swarm when disturbed, attacking any animal in the area, including humans.

Placing his hand on the ground, he created a small quake in the ground, careful not to use too much energy.  A few seconds after it happened, he focused on everyone he could see and made them see a swarm of ants coming from behind the fire wielder.  If things worked the way he hoped, they would band together to fight the swarm.  He would alter the illusion as they interacted with it, hopefully keeping it realistic enough that they didn't realize it was a fake.  It would use a lot of his energy to do this for long, but it should be worth it.