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Coercive Persuasion; Brainwashed	By : MightyGryffindor Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 12842 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Coercive Persuasion; Brainwashed

Chap. 2: Explanation

Harry kept on struggling in the bed until he heard a roar of laughter. He looked over at the source, only to see Aberforth Dumbledore roaring with humor at his predicament, and that was really setting him off. “LET ME GO DAMN IT”!

“Mr. Potter, you remind me of a two year old with a temper tantrum, and one who’s about ready to stomp it’s ickle foot because it doesn’t get its way”. Aberforth let out a raucous laugh again. “When you wear yourself down, I may think about un-sticking you. Well, that’s providing you don’t try to run off, but if you did, you wouldn’t get very far”.

“You can’t hold me here against my will, Dumbledore, there are people at the ministry who will not stand for it”! Harry exclaimed.

“Really now? People at the ministry you say? Now, who would that be, young Potter, the minister himself”? Aberforth questioned. “He couldn’t have you removed from my custody right now if he tried.

“The Wizengamot placed you under my custody, using a mental hygiene warrant. It is my responsibility to see to it that you are treated, and in fact, cured of the mental trauma inflicted upon you by my dearly departed brother.

“I will see to it that you are cured, Mr. Potter, the same way I did with Mr. Malfoy here. I’m sure you noticed the change in him of course”?

“Might have, but that don’t mean something’s wrong with me! He was just a slimy little git, and a filthy Slytherin. I highly doubt you took that out of him”! Harry threw out.

“Potter, whatever you may think, they healed, and cured me. Do you not wonder why I’ve not been rude to you, nor made one bad comment about you since you have woke”? Draco enquired.

“Trying to fool me, I suppose. Trying to get me to trust you, before you do whatever it is that you’re planning on doing. I don’t trust you, nor anyone else for that matter, and all this sweet talk will not help you one bit”. Harry snarled out. “There’s NOTHING wrong with me”!

“Potter, you may think that now, but when this is over, you will understand what I’m now saying”. Draco explained. “The reason I’m no longer mean to you is that I know you are sick, like I was. For that, I am sorry for all the grief I’ve caused you; if I had only known this all those years ago. Anyhow, you can snarl and spit at me and Abe all you want, it won’t help your cause any. What you need to do is start questioning yourself about why you’re here to start with”.

“I’ve told you… . Harry started, but Aberforth cut him off.

“Mr. Potter, have you ever heard of the term ‘coercive persuasion’, used in the medical sense”? Aberforth asked, but upon Harry’s shake of the head, he trudged on. “In muggle terms, what about the term “brainwashed”?

“Yes, but… . Harry was cut off, when Aberforth lifted his hand to stop him.

“Brainwashing was a term first coined in China, Mr. Potter, or ‘xǐ năo’”. Aberforth explained. “When the Maoist regime came into power, sweeping in communism, they went to work on the public, making them all believe it was best for them. They used everything from subtle persuasion, to downright torture to achieve this. Fear was their greatest ally in getting people to think their way.

“It’s happened in other countries too, you see, and is used in many religions. The fear of being damned to hell is a favorite of many churches for even the slightest transgression. Governments use the press, and the downright kidnapping of certain people, or they use assanations to shut them up from telling the truth. Locking them up in prison for some bogus crime is another. That, in turn, produces fear, so no one else will want to question them.

“Have you ever heard of the Moonies , Mr. Potter? It’s a religion of sorts, started by the so-called Rev. Sun Myung Moon”? At Harry’s nod, Abe continued. “They are well known to have used coercive persuasion, or brainwashing, on their followers.

"Now, let me ask you this. If they were a true church, why do they make everyone hand over all their wealth to Moon, and why would Moon then invest all that money in business’ like, one in particular, who manufactures muggle machine guns used for wars, and killing (1)”?

“Yea, but that does not explain why I’m here, now does it”? Harry growled.

“Of course it does, Mr. Potter, or Harry, if I may. You, son, have been brainwashed since you were given to your aunt to raise. It was all a careful manipulation of my dear brother, to create an expendable pawn on a giant chessboard. You see, Harry, my brother knew what happened on the night of your parents’ death, and he used it to his benefit, or for ‘the greater good’, as he and Gellert called it.

“He knew exactly what your scar was, Mr. Potter, and chose to use it to his advantage, instead of saving a small child. He then rushed you to your aunts to keep you away from your Godfather, because he couldn’t have you growing up in a normal wizarding environment.

“No, my brother needed you broken, and he needed you to see him as your savior. After all, it was the only way to ensure that you would conform to his wishes, and obey everything he told you to do. If you had been raised by Sirius Black, why, you would have questioned everything he said or did…, just like your parents had started to do.

“So, what did my dear brother do, oh, he hid you away just like he planned to do with my sweet sister, Ariana. You see, Harry, he sure didn’t have time for you himself, now did he? As a matter of fact, Mr. Potter, the only time he ever had any time for you was when he wanted something in return, now wasn’t it?

“Mr. Potter, all through your years living with your aunt, and those years, I know, were quite bad, Albus knew as each year passed, you would become more broken, and seek an out.

“He kept you quite hidden from the rest of us, you see. Plus, he sure wasn’t going to tell the only brother he had, who, he knew, didn’t trust him as far as he could throw him, where you were. No, he found out poor old Figgy lived close by, and used her to report on your welfare. He knew she would hardly leave her cats and house, so in effect, she would never check up on you, and never raise an alarm.

“No, with the Dursley’s, you were shown fear at an early age, through intimidation, cruelty, starvation, physical abuse, and mental abuse. Everything he knew you would want to change, and if someone would show up to take you away from it all, well, you would be as malleable as soft clay”.

“You have NO IDEA, what you’re talking about, Dumbledore, and leave my so-called family out of it”! Harry shouted, and began to squirm at his bindings again.

“No idea, do I? Why, Mr. Potter, I have every idea, especially after just visiting your relatives a few days ago, and with a skilled Legilimens at my side at that”. Aberforth explained, and waved his hand towards Draco.

“Potter, there’s no use in denying what those muggles did to you, I saw it all in their minds, as they sat there and lied through their teeth to Abe and I. I then showed Abe my memories after we returned from our visit” Draco explained, but left out the part of a few curses left on the Dursley household, and their memory modifications. Harry Potter had been avenged, but he may never know it.

“YOU HAD NO RIGHT”! Harry screamed.

Aberforth quickly cast a calming charm at Harry, and Draco administered another phial of calming draught.

“Potter… , Harry, we had the right given to us by the warrant. It gave us the power to legally investigate what happened to you, and what we found, we did not like”. Draco deadpanned. “We will help you, Harry, whether you want us to or not. We know that you’re not of your right mind, but in time, you will get better”.

“What…, what will you do to me”? Harry mumbled, the calming draught now taking effect.

“Well, you will be treated by a licensed mind healer, Mr. Potter, and the treatment, as it’s known in the muggle world, is called deprogramming”. Aberforth explained. “She will go over everything that’s happened to you in your past, but mainly, she will show you the proof that you’ve been lead astray all along. She will force you to see the real truth, just as it is.

“One who has been brainwashed, Harry, does not know they have been mucked around with, and they think they are normal, even though they’re not. However, when they are made to face the truth, and they finally accept it, then they will heal.

“You will eventually see all the lies, and manipulations of my brother, Mr. Potter, and after accepting them, you will see the truth as it really is. You will see that all the people that you have been made to hate are only normal, every-day people, just like you. When you are cured, you will see everyone with a whole new light, and I mean all sides in this war, not just the side of my brother’s teachings”.

Before Aberforth could continue, a bell rang, saying that someone had just flooed into the main parlor. “Ah, that must be Healer Tompkins, Draco. Could you see her up here, and let her know of Mr. Potters status”.

(1) After some research, it shows that Moon's son owns Thompson, who manufactures the 'Tommygun' machine gun in New York. They have also bought numerous other business', and a huge amount of property.
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