Shaking his head, the ghost tried to break down what they had learned before their deaths and witnessed after. "Listen, son; most prophecies are made but not heard because true seers are rare and seldomly acknowledged. But when Albus came to us, to Lily and me and Alice and Frank, he explained that both Neville and you fit that prophecy and that we should hide. We were in the middle of a war, and there was Death Eater Raids left and right. Frank and Alice chose to bring Neville to his grandmother because the wards on Longbottom Manor are strong. We hid away from Potter Manor because your mother thought an undetectable house better than ancient wards. It might have been, but with Wormtail as secret keeper we served ourselves up on a plate.